Determinism in the Book of EcclesiastesA&C Black, 2001 M09 1 - 234 pages Is the author of Ecclesisastes a determinist? Many readers, from the Targumist and Ibn Ezra up to the present day, have thought so. But there has been no systematic investigation of Qoheleth's determinism, its nature and extent, its relationship to free will and its philosophical background. In separate chapters, Rudman discusses key terms and texts that express a deterministic worldview, then explores the sources for Qoheleth's thought. He concludes that the author was a sage writing in the third quarter of the third century BCE, who was profoundly influenced by Stoic ideas. |
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... Seow has argued that linguistic considera- tions entirely preclude the possibility of dating the book later than the fourth century . For him , it is a product of the Persian period , specific- ally between the second half of the fifth ...
... Seow has argued that linguistic considera- tions entirely preclude the possibility of dating the book later than the fourth century . For him , it is a product of the Persian period , specific- ally between the second half of the fifth ...
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... Seow himself ( " Linguistic Evidence and the Dating of Qohelet ' , JBL 115 ( 1996 ) , pp . 643- 66 ) but was also previously suggested by Crenshaw ( Ecclesiastes , p . 31 ) . 15. Crenshaw , Ecclesiastes , p . 78 . servants that Qoheleth ...
... Seow himself ( " Linguistic Evidence and the Dating of Qohelet ' , JBL 115 ( 1996 ) , pp . 643- 66 ) but was also previously suggested by Crenshaw ( Ecclesiastes , p . 31 ) . 15. Crenshaw , Ecclesiastes , p . 78 . servants that Qoheleth ...
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... Seow's article on Qoheleth's use of language will prove valuable in reopening the debate on the setting of Ecclesiastes , for he does much to show that Qoheleth might have written considerably earlier than the current consensus would ...
... Seow's article on Qoheleth's use of language will prove valuable in reopening the debate on the setting of Ecclesiastes , for he does much to show that Qoheleth might have written considerably earlier than the current consensus would ...
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... Seow considers significant the fact that it was at this time that coins were introduced to Palestine . The ' daric ' began to be minted from around 515 BCE onwards and coins of other denomina- tions were minted in the provinces . In Seow's ...
... Seow considers significant the fact that it was at this time that coins were introduced to Palestine . The ' daric ' began to be minted from around 515 BCE onwards and coins of other denomina- tions were minted in the provinces . In Seow's ...
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... Seow cites as evidence for a fifth to fourth century date for the composition of Ecclesiastes . Thus , while a case can be made for a Persian background to Qoheleth's interest in money and for the economically advanced society that is ...
... Seow cites as evidence for a fifth to fourth century date for the composition of Ecclesiastes . Thus , while a case can be made for a Persian background to Qoheleth's interest in money and for the economically advanced society that is ...
Contents
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THE DETERMINATION OF THE COSMOS AND HUMANITY IN ECCLESIASTES 138 | 70 |
A REREADING OF ECCLESIASTES 3115 | 83 |
THE DIVINE DETERMINATION OF EMOTION IN ECCLESIASTES | 99 |
QOHELETH AND HUMAN JOY | 126 |
Chapter 7 QOHELETH AND THE PROBLEM OF FREE WILL | 144 |
Chapter 8 DETERMINISM IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE | 160 |
Chapter 9 QOHELETH AND STOIC DETERMINISM | 173 |
Chapter 10 CONCLUSION | 200 |
Bibliography | 207 |
Index of References | 214 |
Index of Modern Authors | 224 |
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