Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
131,4 (2019) 577-591
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Time Biblical teaching
;
Determinism (Philosophy)
Abstract:
This paper examines the message of Qohelet’s Catalogue of Times and its interpretive appendix. Scholars disagree on the extent to which this unit deviates from the traditional free-will theology of the Bible. The paper presents a fresh reading of the passage, which sheds new light on the problem of determinism in Qohelet. Beginning by a novel delineation for the unit, it then suggests fresh solutions for the main exegetical cruxes of the passage (3:14, 15, 17), and finally presents an innovative, somewhat radical, understanding of Qohelet’s approach towards the problem of free will.
DOI:
10.1515/zaw-2019-4004
URL:
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