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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... actions of the oppressive Greek employers of the day and a deity who demands no less work of his subjects . 4. Thought No author's work can be said to be entirely original . Everyone is to some extent dependent for their worldview on ...
... actions of the oppressive Greek employers of the day and a deity who demands no less work of his subjects . 4. Thought No author's work can be said to be entirely original . Everyone is to some extent dependent for their worldview on ...
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... actions ( although the approach of each was fundamentally different ) . 84 This problem was also current in Judaism around 180 BCE when Ben Sira was writing . Apparently , the wicked could justify their actions at the time by making an ...
... actions ( although the approach of each was fundamentally different ) . 84 This problem was also current in Judaism around 180 BCE when Ben Sira was writing . Apparently , the wicked could justify their actions at the time by making an ...
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... actions in this passage from Ben Sira may be seen as being in line with purely Judaic thought . Many commentators have argued that Qoheleth himself was a deter- minist.85 No full agreement exists on the nature of this determinism , nor ...
... actions in this passage from Ben Sira may be seen as being in line with purely Judaic thought . Many commentators have argued that Qoheleth himself was a deter- minist.85 No full agreement exists on the nature of this determinism , nor ...
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... actions are guided by a combination of predestination and free will ) , as opposed to ' hard deter- minism ' ( the belief that all human action is preordained and that free will is therefore an illusion ) . In the Hebrew Bible itself ...
... actions are guided by a combination of predestination and free will ) , as opposed to ' hard deter- minism ' ( the belief that all human action is preordained and that free will is therefore an illusion ) . In the Hebrew Bible itself ...
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... action . They illustrate ill - fortune dogging entire lives , perhaps even the whole of existence . 18 Murphy follows ... actions are subject to Fate . 16. C.F. Whitley , Koheleth : His Language and Thought ( BZAW , 148 ; Berlin : W. de ...
... action . They illustrate ill - fortune dogging entire lives , perhaps even the whole of existence . 18 Murphy follows ... actions are subject to Fate . 16. C.F. Whitley , Koheleth : His Language and Thought ( BZAW , 148 ; Berlin : W. de ...
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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