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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... Translation and Interpretation of Ecclesiastes 8.17a ' , ' Woman as Divine Agent in Ecclesiastes ' , and ' A Note on the Dating of Ecclesiastes ' respectively . I am grateful to the editors of those journals for permission for this ...
... Translation and Interpretation of Ecclesiastes 8.17a ' , ' Woman as Divine Agent in Ecclesiastes ' , and ' A Note on the Dating of Ecclesiastes ' respectively . I am grateful to the editors of those journals for permission for this ...
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... translating the term with the noun ' interitus ' , ' death ' ( 2.14 ; 3.19 [ x2 ] ) , once with ' occasus ' , ' downfall , death ' ( 2.15 ) , and once with the more neutral ' conditio ' ' circumstances ' ( 3.19 ) , although the ...
... translating the term with the noun ' interitus ' , ' death ' ( 2.14 ; 3.19 [ x2 ] ) , once with ' occasus ' , ' downfall , death ' ( 2.15 ) , and once with the more neutral ' conditio ' ' circumstances ' ( 3.19 ) , although the ...
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... translated ' chance ' in English Bible translations . The Hebrew text under consideration here reads : שבתי וראה תחת השמש כי לא לקלים המרוץ ולא לגבורים המלחמה וגם לא לחכמים לחם וגם לא לנבנם עשר וגם לא לידעים הן כי עת ופגע יקרה את כלם ...
... translated ' chance ' in English Bible translations . The Hebrew text under consideration here reads : שבתי וראה תחת השמש כי לא לקלים המרוץ ולא לגבורים המלחמה וגם לא לחכמים לחם וגם לא לנבנם עשר וגם לא לידעים הן כי עת ופגע יקרה את כלם ...
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... translation is the odd one out since it appears to suggest explicitly an element of randomness in events ( cf. the use of the ablative form ' casu ' , ' by chance ' in Latin ) , but has never- theless influenced all English translations ...
... translation is the odd one out since it appears to suggest explicitly an element of randomness in events ( cf. the use of the ablative form ' casu ' , ' by chance ' in Latin ) , but has never- theless influenced all English translations ...
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... translate the MT's in 3.1 , while in 3.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 11 it translates the MT's . In 3.1 , the Vulgate translates the MT's with the noun ' spatium ' ( ' period of time ' ) . The Targum mean- while , uses the equivalent ...
... translate the MT's in 3.1 , while in 3.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 11 it translates the MT's . In 3.1 , the Vulgate translates the MT's with the noun ' spatium ' ( ' period of time ' ) . The Targum mean- while , uses the equivalent ...
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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