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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... 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 Persian . Indeed , if one considers this particular ...
... 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 Persian . Indeed , if one considers this particular ...
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... occurs in P. Pet . 3.26 : ' If an ox , or beast of burden , or sheep or any other animal trespass on another man's arable land , or orchard ( ñαpάdɛ1σov ) , or garden ( κýñov ) , or vineyard ( άμeλúva ) ...... 17 Seow's article on ...
... occurs in P. Pet . 3.26 : ' If an ox , or beast of burden , or sheep or any other animal trespass on another man's arable land , or orchard ( ñαpάdɛ1σov ) , or garden ( κýñov ) , or vineyard ( άμeλúva ) ...... 17 Seow's article on ...
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... occur ( and these are relatively scarce compared with finds from the Hellenistic era ) are very often Greek drachms.24 After 404 BCE , Persian governors minted their own copies of these coins.25 Indeed , this state of affairs , in which ...
... occur ( and these are relatively scarce compared with finds from the Hellenistic era ) are very often Greek drachms.24 After 404 BCE , Persian governors minted their own copies of these coins.25 Indeed , this state of affairs , in which ...
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... occur in Ecclesiastes and Ben Sira ( Eccl . 2.6 ; Sir . 24.30-31 ) . While no archaeo- logical evidence of such practices exist for Palestine in the Persian period , one finds at Adullam in Judaea in the Hellenistic period artificial 37 ...
... occur in Ecclesiastes and Ben Sira ( Eccl . 2.6 ; Sir . 24.30-31 ) . While no archaeo- logical evidence of such practices exist for Palestine in the Persian period , one finds at Adullam in Judaea in the Hellenistic period artificial 37 ...
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... occurs in the ' Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant ' ( VIII 11. 55-60 , ANET , pp . 438 ) which adopts an ambivalent attitude towards women , similar in some respects to that of Qoheleth.53 Qoheleth's apparently ...
... occurs in the ' Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant ' ( VIII 11. 55-60 , ANET , pp . 438 ) which adopts an ambivalent attitude towards women , similar in some respects to that of Qoheleth.53 Qoheleth's apparently ...
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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