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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... Dating of Ecclesiastes ' respectively . I am grateful to the editors of those journals for permission for this material to appear here . Finally , and most importantly , my thanks are due to Cate for her support over the past five years ...
... Dating of Ecclesiastes ' respectively . I am grateful to the editors of those journals for permission for this material to appear here . Finally , and most importantly , my thanks are due to Cate for her support over the past five years ...
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... dating is based largely on socioeconomic evidence , but also to some extent on the grounds of the alleged presence of Greek thought in Qoheleth's work . Other scholars have argued that the reported parallels between the work of Qoheleth ...
... dating is based largely on socioeconomic evidence , but also to some extent on the grounds of the alleged presence of Greek thought in Qoheleth's work . Other scholars have argued that the reported parallels between the work of Qoheleth ...
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... dating . The term 079 , although of Persian origin , occurs in Dan . 3.16 ; 4.14 . The use of the Persian loanword 07 in the context of the Royal Experiment is evidence just as valid for a Hellenistic background to Ecclesiastes as a ...
... dating . The term 079 , although of Persian origin , occurs in Dan . 3.16 ; 4.14 . The use of the Persian loanword 07 in the context of the Royal Experiment is evidence just as valid for a Hellenistic background to Ecclesiastes as a ...
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... dating of the text to this period on very different ( and almost certainly erroneous ) grounds , cf. A.D. Corré ... Dating of Ecclesiastes ' , pp . 665-66 . 19. D.C. Rudman , ' A Note on the Dating of Ecclesiastes ' , CBQ 61 ( 1999 ) ...
... dating of the text to this period on very different ( and almost certainly erroneous ) grounds , cf. A.D. Corré ... Dating of Ecclesiastes ' , pp . 665-66 . 19. D.C. Rudman , ' A Note on the Dating of Ecclesiastes ' , CBQ 61 ( 1999 ) ...
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Dominic Rudman. work , a full discussion on its use for dating the book of Ecclesiastes will be found therein . 3. Sociohistorical Evidence 1. Numismatic Evidence In his article on the sociohistorical evidence for a dating of ...
Dominic Rudman. work , a full discussion on its use for dating the book of Ecclesiastes will be found therein . 3. Sociohistorical Evidence 1. Numismatic Evidence In his article on the sociohistorical evidence for a dating of ...
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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