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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... century scholar Grotius is sometimes noted as being the first to suggest the unlikelihood of Solomonic authorship for Ecclesiastes , this distinction in fact belongs to Luther . The con- clusions of both in this regard were followed ...
... century scholar Grotius is sometimes noted as being the first to suggest the unlikelihood of Solomonic authorship for Ecclesiastes , this distinction in fact belongs to Luther . The con- clusions of both in this regard were followed ...
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... century . For him , it is a product of the Persian period , specific- ally between the second half of the fifth century and the first half of the fourth . This conclusion is also defended by Seow on socioeconomic grounds . Even ...
... century . For him , it is a product of the Persian period , specific- ally between the second half of the fifth century and the first half of the fourth . This conclusion is also defended by Seow on socioeconomic grounds . Even ...
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... centuries and it is on this basis that he dates Qoheleth's work conclusively to the Persian period . 18 As I have suggested ... century BCE and that the same sense is not attributable to its usages in Cant . 4.13 and Neh . 2.8 . 18. Seow ...
... centuries and it is on this basis that he dates Qoheleth's work conclusively to the Persian period . 18 As I have suggested ... century BCE and that the same sense is not attributable to its usages in Cant . 4.13 and Neh . 2.8 . 18. Seow ...
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... century . And numerous hoards have been found at various sites in Israel , all dating to the fifth century and later'.20 While it is true that the economy of the Persian Empire was to some extent based on the use of coinage , the ...
... century . And numerous hoards have been found at various sites in Israel , all dating to the fifth century and later'.20 While it is true that the economy of the Persian Empire was to some extent based on the use of coinage , the ...
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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