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.
| ISBN: | 9781841271538 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2001 |
| Author: | Dominic Rudman |
| Publisher: | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Series: | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of religion Bible readings, selections and meditations Topics in philosophy Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Bibles Old Testaments |