Dominic Rudman

Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567215635
• Artikelnr.: 40781380

Autorenporträt

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