Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes

by Dominic Rudman, Andrew Mein (Editor), Claudia V. Camp (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841271538
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #316
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Andrew Mein is Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of Durham, UK.

Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.