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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453673003321

Autore

Rudman Dominic

Titolo

Determinism in the book of Ecclesiastes [[electronic resource] /] / Dominic Rudman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001

ISBN

1-281-84166-8

9786611841669

0-567-21563-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 316

Disciplina

223/.806

Soggetti

Free will and determinism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Andrews, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 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 DETERMINISMChapter 10 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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.