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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... sense , which he argues is characteristic only of the fifth to fourth centuries and it is on this basis that he dates Qoheleth's work conclusively to the Persian period . 18 As I have suggested elsewhere however , this conclusion is ...
... sense , which he argues is characteristic only of the fifth to fourth centuries and it is on this basis that he dates Qoheleth's work conclusively to the Persian period . 18 As I have suggested elsewhere however , this conclusion is ...
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... sense : in Ruth 2.3 , the noun 7 describes the happy accident of Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz . In 1 Sam . 6.9 it is used to distinguish between divine retribution and ordinary misfortune . In 1 Sam . 20.26 it refers simply to a ...
... sense : in Ruth 2.3 , the noun 7 describes the happy accident of Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz . In 1 Sam . 6.9 it is used to distinguish between divine retribution and ordinary misfortune . In 1 Sam . 20.26 it refers simply to a ...
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Dominic Rudman. sense of what is predetermined ) ' . While he is certainly correct in his assertion that p is ' what happens to someone ' ( i.e. that it refers to events outside human control ) , this does not preclude the possibility of ...
Dominic Rudman. sense of what is predetermined ) ' . While he is certainly correct in his assertion that p is ' what happens to someone ' ( i.e. that it refers to events outside human control ) , this does not preclude the possibility of ...
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... sense of ' to happen ' , ' to meet ' . The Peshitta's rendering makes use of the Syriac cognate term to translate the MT's . In Syriac , this term has very much the same semantic range as its Hebrew equivalent ( i.e. ' meet ' , ' befall ...
... sense of ' to happen ' , ' to meet ' . The Peshitta's rendering makes use of the Syriac cognate term to translate the MT's . In Syriac , this term has very much the same semantic range as its Hebrew equivalent ( i.e. ' meet ' , ' befall ...
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... sense of ' event ' or ' happening'.16 As Fox points out , even if in Eccl . 9.11 were semantically neutral , the occurrences that Qoheleth describes therein are examples of misfortune . A denotes something that prevents the strong from ...
... sense of ' event ' or ' happening'.16 As Fox points out , even if in Eccl . 9.11 were semantically neutral , the occurrences that Qoheleth describes therein are examples of misfortune . A denotes something that prevents the strong from ...
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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