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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... position is taken by Delitzsch , who sees 3.1-8 as essentially deterministic in character : ... all happens when and how God wills , according to a world plan , com- prehending all things which man can neither wholly understand , nor in ...
... position is taken by Delitzsch , who sees 3.1-8 as essentially deterministic in character : ... all happens when and how God wills , according to a world plan , com- prehending all things which man can neither wholly understand , nor in ...
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... position that 3.1-11 is a deterministic text are given by Fox : in 3.11 the text states that God makes everything happen ' in its time ' , while 3.14 suggests that God is the cause of every- thing that happens . In 3.17 , the action ...
... position that 3.1-11 is a deterministic text are given by Fox : in 3.11 the text states that God makes everything happen ' in its time ' , while 3.14 suggests that God is the cause of every- thing that happens . In 3.17 , the action ...
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... position towards us becomes a matter of life and death ... Men and women possessed no control over the goods which God dispensed in his own time and manner . Not even morality purchased the best gifts , and often good people waited in ...
... position towards us becomes a matter of life and death ... Men and women possessed no control over the goods which God dispensed in his own time and manner . Not even morality purchased the best gifts , and often good people waited in ...
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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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