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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... term 079 , although of Persian origin , 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 ...
... term 079 , although of Persian origin , 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 ...
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... terms ' gardens ' ( 2.5 ) and orchards ' ( 2.5 ) 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 ...
... terms ' gardens ' ( 2.5 ) and orchards ' ( 2.5 ) 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 ...
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... terms of goods or services.21 If Qoheleth's work can be said to reflect a thoroughly monetarized environment ( 5.9 [ ET 10 ] ; 7.12 ; 10.19 ) , then that environment would better fit the Hellen- istic era . Where barter did not prevail ...
... terms of goods or services.21 If Qoheleth's work can be said to reflect a thoroughly monetarized environment ( 5.9 [ ET 10 ] ; 7.12 ; 10.19 ) , then that environment would better fit the Hellen- istic era . Where barter did not prevail ...
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... 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 for a Persian or a Hellenistic back- ground : both eras experienced times in which there ...
... 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 for a Persian or a Hellenistic back- ground : both eras experienced times in which there ...
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... terms and phrases such as 7 ( = tûdos ) , deotlos ) and = ) טוב לפני האלהים , ( Tovos = ) עמל , ( obelos = ) יתרון even indirectly ( through a posited Phoenician borrowing from Greek ) in the case of the phrase your n = ὑφ ' ηλίῳ or ὑπὸ ...
... terms and phrases such as 7 ( = tûdos ) , deotlos ) and = ) טוב לפני האלהים , ( Tovos = ) עמל , ( obelos = ) יתרון even indirectly ( through a posited Phoenician borrowing from Greek ) in the case of the phrase your n = ὑφ ' ηλίῳ or ὑπὸ ...
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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