Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes

Zusatztext "This volume is well written! carefully argued and makes a worthwhile contribution to the field." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament! June 2009 Informationen zum Autor Dominic Rudman is Leverhulme Special Research Fellow! Department of Theology! University of Exeter. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dominic Rudman, Rudman Dominic
• Con la collaborazione di: Claudia V. Camp (Editore), Andrew Mein (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781841271538
• ISBN: 978-1-84127-153-8
• Pagine: 234
• Serie: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte, Vorzeit, Frühgeschichte vor Christi Geburt, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory