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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... nature of the musical instruments in Daniel com- pared with the Temple music as found in 1 Chron . 25.1 ; 2 Chron . 5.12-13 . N. Porteous ( Daniel [ OTL ; London : SCM Press , 1979 ] , pp . 57-58 ) also calls attention to the ...
... nature of the musical instruments in Daniel com- pared with the Temple music as found in 1 Chron . 25.1 ; 2 Chron . 5.12-13 . N. Porteous ( Daniel [ OTL ; London : SCM Press , 1979 ] , pp . 57-58 ) also calls attention to the ...
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... nature of society when Qoheleth was writing . It was apparently a time of frenetic commercial activity ( 2.4-9 ; 4.4 , 8 ; 11.1-2 ) . But it was also a time when there was a great divide between rich and poor ( 5.11 [ ET 12 ] ) . While ...
... nature of society when Qoheleth was writing . It was apparently a time of frenetic commercial activity ( 2.4-9 ; 4.4 , 8 ; 11.1-2 ) . But it was also a time when there was a great divide between rich and poor ( 5.11 [ ET 12 ] ) . While ...
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... natural development of Semitic thought.78 Barton also con- curred with this view , claiming that such parallels as exist between Ecclesiastes and Greek philosophy prove ... at most that Qohelet was a Jew who had in him the makings of a ...
... natural development of Semitic thought.78 Barton also con- curred with this view , claiming that such parallels as exist between Ecclesiastes and Greek philosophy prove ... at most that Qohelet was a Jew who had in him the makings of a ...
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... nature of this determinism , nor whether this can be shown to come ultimately from a source in Stoic philosophy , as ... natural corollary of this will be an investigation into the extent to which Qoheleth regards the human will as being ...
... nature of this determinism , nor whether this can be shown to come ultimately from a source in Stoic philosophy , as ... natural corollary of this will be an investigation into the extent to which Qoheleth regards the human will as being ...
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... nature of God's actions that Qoheleth comes closest to an assertion of determinism . 33 Fate is an unpredictable force . Although Qoheleth's Jewish culture tells him that there is a God who cares for the righteous and punishes the ...
... nature of God's actions that Qoheleth comes closest to an assertion of determinism . 33 Fate is an unpredictable force . Although Qoheleth's Jewish culture tells him that there is a God who cares for the righteous and punishes 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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activity apocalyptic apocalyptic literature appears appointed Aramaic Ben Sira Biblical Blenkinsopp book of Daniel book of Ecclesiastes Chapter Chrysippus clause Cleanthes concept context Crenshaw dating of Ecclesiastes death deity Delitzsch determinism deterministic deterministic worldview divine Eccl Ecclesiastes NCBC elsewhere evidence evil example existence expression fact fate Gammie gift Glasser God's Gordis Greek Hebrew Bible Hellenistic period Hengel Heraclitus Hertzberg human action human free humankind iastes idea individual interpretation Israel Jewish Judaism and Hellenism judgment king L'Ecclésiaste labour logos Lohfink meaning MT's Murphy NCBC noun occurs one's parallel passage Persian period Peshitta philosophy phrase pleasure Plumptre Podechard portion Prediger problem Qoheleth Qoheleth's deterministic Qoheleth's statement Qoheleth's thought refers righteous Royal Experiment sense Seow Sira speak Stoic Stoicism Stoicism and Anti-Stoicism suggests things toil translation understanding usage verb verse Vulgate Whybray wicked wickedness wisdom wise woman Yahweh האלהים מעשה תחת