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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... question of whether the book of Ecclesiastes can be said to reflect any particular time in terms of the business atmosphere evoked by Qoheleth's writing is a notoriously difficult one and a good case can be made by commentators arguing ...
... question of whether the book of Ecclesiastes can be said to reflect any particular time in terms of the business atmosphere evoked by Qoheleth's writing is a notoriously difficult one and a good case can be made by commentators arguing ...
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... question of what precisely is the cultural backgound that gave rise to Qoheleth's work . 1. Ancient Near East ( Mesopotamia ) Similarities between Mesopotamian thought and that of Qoheleth have in the past been noted . This is ...
... question of what precisely is the cultural backgound that gave rise to Qoheleth's work . 1. Ancient Near East ( Mesopotamia ) Similarities between Mesopotamian thought and that of Qoheleth have in the past been noted . This is ...
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... question is , can a Semitic background account convincingly for all of Qoheleth's thought ? 2. Egypt Parallels also exist between the book of Ecclesiastes and Egyptian thought . This need not in itself be surprising , since Israelite ...
... question is , can a Semitic background account convincingly for all of Qoheleth's thought ? 2. Egypt Parallels also exist between the book of Ecclesiastes and Egyptian thought . This need not in itself be surprising , since Israelite ...
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... questions ( ' how much control do we have over our own fate ? ' , ' how should we approach death ? ' ) tend to reach similar conclusions . 58 3. Greece The question of whether Qoheleth shows traces of Greek thought refuses to go away ...
... questions ( ' how much control do we have over our own fate ? ' , ' how should we approach death ? ' ) tend to reach similar conclusions . 58 3. Greece The question of whether Qoheleth shows traces of Greek thought refuses to go away ...
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... questions such as the style in which Greek philosophical thought was presented ( e.g. the diatribe , an idea later put to use by Lohfink in his commentary ) and philosophical con- cerns common to the general stock of Greek thought and ...
... questions such as the style in which Greek philosophical thought was presented ( e.g. the diatribe , an idea later put to use by Lohfink in his commentary ) and philosophical con- cerns common to the general stock of Greek thought and ...
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