Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes
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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Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 ECCLESIASTES AND ITS HELLENISTIC CONTEXT
Chapter 2 QOHELETH AND FATE
Chapter 3 'TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON': THE DETERMINATION OF THE COSMOS AND HUMANITY IN ECCLESIASTES 1.3-8
Chapter 4 'A TIME TO GIVE BIRTH, A TIME TO DIE': A REREADING OF ECCLESIASTES 3.1-15
Chapter 5 'A TIME TO LOVE, A TIME TO HATE': THE DIVINE DETERMINATION OF EMOTION IN ECCLESIASTES
Chapter 6 'A TIME TO WEEP, A TIME TO LAUGH': QOHELETH AND HUMAN JOY
Chapter 7 QOHELETH AND THE PROBLEM OF FREE WILL
Chapter 8 DETERMINISM IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE. Chapter 9 QOHELETH AND STOIC DETERMINISM
Chapter 10 CONCLUSION
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Modern Authors
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