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Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes

Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes

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£170.00

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781841271538
Number of Pages: 234
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
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.

Dominic Rudman

Dominic Rudman is Leverhulme Special Research Fellow, Department of Theology, University of Exeter.

"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--Sanford Lakoff "Journal for The Study of the Old Testament "

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