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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... 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 their cultural background and history . Indeed , Qoheleth ...
... 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 their cultural background and history . Indeed , Qoheleth ...
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... deity who controls their actions ? This was a problem that preoccupied the second and third leaders of the Stoic school , Cleanthes and Chrysippus and their solution was to limit the influence of determinism over human actions ...
... deity who controls their actions ? This was a problem that preoccupied the second and third leaders of the Stoic school , Cleanthes and Chrysippus and their solution was to limit the influence of determinism over human actions ...
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... deity is dealing human beings a raw hand . No more a product of chance is the element of unpredictability noted by Crenshaw behind the use of the verbal form 77p ' happen ' in 9.11 . This is illustrated in the use of the term once more ...
... deity is dealing human beings a raw hand . No more a product of chance is the element of unpredictability noted by Crenshaw behind the use of the verbal form 77p ' happen ' in 9.11 . This is illustrated in the use of the term once more ...
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... deity who is in control of human life , and the time at which it ends . At any rate , its usage in Ecclesiastes indicates that Qoheleth did not believe in ' chance ' . 2 . ( Meeting ' ) The noun occurs only once in Ecclesiastes ( 9.11 ) ...
... deity who is in control of human life , and the time at which it ends . At any rate , its usage in Ecclesiastes indicates that Qoheleth did not believe in ' chance ' . 2 . ( Meeting ' ) The noun occurs only once in Ecclesiastes ( 9.11 ) ...
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... deity forces them to do ' ? The same position is taken by Delitzsch , who sees 3.1-8 as essentially deterministic in character : ... all happens when and how God wills , according to a world plan , com- prehending all things which man ...
... deity forces them to do ' ? The same position is taken by Delitzsch , who sees 3.1-8 as essentially deterministic in character : ... all happens when and how God wills , according to a world plan , com- prehending all things which man ...
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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