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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... deterministic , stating that ' ( Man ) is on the whole not master of his own life ' . More recently , Fox has argued in much the same vein.2 Other commentators more wary of committing themselves on this question have nevertheless hinted ...
... deterministic , stating that ' ( Man ) is on the whole not master of his own life ' . More recently , Fox has argued in much the same vein.2 Other commentators more wary of committing themselves on this question have nevertheless hinted ...
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... determinism on all earthly events ( Cf. e.g. SVF 2.997 ) . Nevertheless , when confronted by the dilemma of whether this meant that human beings were not morally responsible for their own actions , he also found a place for a limited ...
... determinism on all earthly events ( Cf. e.g. SVF 2.997 ) . Nevertheless , when confronted by the dilemma of whether this meant that human beings were not morally responsible for their own actions , he also found a place for a limited ...
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... deterministic term , it does demonstrate Qoheleth's belief in the unpredictability of life's events ( the semantic shift involved in understanding Qoheleth's use of the term to refer to an ' unpredictable ' occurrence rather than a 9 ...
... deterministic term , it does demonstrate Qoheleth's belief in the unpredictability of life's events ( the semantic shift involved in understanding Qoheleth's use of the term to refer to an ' unpredictable ' occurrence rather than a 9 ...
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... deterministic worldview expounded by Qoheleth : others an unrealized and unrealiz- able ideal of acting at the appropriate moment which was so much a part of Israelite Wisdom . Within this passage , vv 40 Determinism in the Book of ...
... deterministic worldview expounded by Qoheleth : others an unrealized and unrealiz- able ideal of acting at the appropriate moment which was so much a part of Israelite Wisdom . Within this passage , vv 40 Determinism in the Book of ...
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... argue that the catalogue of times is an expression of the wisdom ideal of attempting to act at the appropriate moment , or whether they understand it in a deterministic sense , understand the times of 2. Qoheleth and Fate 41.
... argue that the catalogue of times is an expression of the wisdom ideal of attempting to act at the appropriate moment , or whether they understand it in a deterministic sense , understand the times of 2. Qoheleth and Fate 41.
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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