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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... individual , apparently , in going to law . Justice could be , and seemingly was , denied to those who were lower down on the social scale ( 5.7 [ ET 8 ] ) . Kugel and Seow have both pointed out that this situation is or may be to some ...
... individual , apparently , in going to law . Justice could be , and seemingly was , denied to those who were lower down on the social scale ( 5.7 [ ET 8 ] ) . Kugel and Seow have both pointed out that this situation is or may be to some ...
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... individuals may acquire considerable fortunes through business ( 2.4-11 ; 4.7-8 ; 5.9-10 [ ET 11-12 ] ) . Fortunes are lost as well as made ( 5.12-14 [ ET 13-15 ] ; 11.1-2 ) , but this is the result of unlucky speculation rather than ...
... individuals may acquire considerable fortunes through business ( 2.4-11 ; 4.7-8 ; 5.9-10 [ ET 11-12 ] ) . Fortunes are lost as well as made ( 5.12-14 [ ET 13-15 ] ; 11.1-2 ) , but this is the result of unlucky speculation rather than ...
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... individual to largely forget the supreme injustice of death ( 5.19 [ ET 20 ] ) , the Epicureans faced death squarely and without qualms : ' death is nothing to us ' ( Epicurus , Letter to Menoeceus 124 ; Lucretius , De rerum natura ...
... individual to largely forget the supreme injustice of death ( 5.19 [ ET 20 ] ) , the Epicureans faced death squarely and without qualms : ' death is nothing to us ' ( Epicurus , Letter to Menoeceus 124 ; Lucretius , De rerum natura ...
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... individual is not responsible for his / her own thoughts and actions . This has important moral repercussions when it comes to the question of human evil : should individuals be punished for their own wickedness , or should blame be ...
... individual is not responsible for his / her own thoughts and actions . This has important moral repercussions when it comes to the question of human evil : should individuals be punished for their own wickedness , or should blame be ...
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... individual and the world . Instead , it is content to reaffirm traditional Hebraic thought in this regard . Thus , von Rad states : ... even when the use of the term " determinism " is justified , it is never a question of a complex of ...
... individual and the world . Instead , it is content to reaffirm traditional Hebraic thought in this regard . Thus , von Rad states : ... even when the use of the term " determinism " is justified , it is never a question of a complex 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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