Time in Ecclesiastes and the Mahabharata: Impact on Human Agency

This article examines the implied assumption that the concept of time in both Ecclesiastes and the Mahabharata presents a predeterministic view of human life. Such a postulation favours the argument that humans are prisoners of time who cannot overcome their plight because they think that suffering,...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thankaraj, Jebin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Issue: 5, Pages: 807-827
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Free Will
B Human Agency
B Mahabharata
B Ecclesiastes
B Time
B predeterminism
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1831758636
003 DE-627
005 20230426104119.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 230121s2022 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1111/erev.12748  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1831758636 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1831758636 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Thankaraj, Jebin  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Time in Ecclesiastes and the Mahabharata: Impact on Human Agency 
264 1 |c 2022 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a This article examines the implied assumption that the concept of time in both Ecclesiastes and the Mahabharata presents a predeterministic view of human life. Such a postulation favours the argument that humans are prisoners of time who cannot overcome their plight because they think that suffering, failure, and oppression are their destiny, determined by time. The analysis suggests that Qohelet neither professes strong predeterminism of time in human life nor gives humans absolute control of their life in time. The Mahabharata does not critique time and predeterminism outright but attributes importance to human endeavours and responsibilities. The acceptance of external forces like time or fate does not completely deny that human power influences destiny. Since humans have the freedom to act in the present time, it is not suitable to claim that God through time predetermines poverty, oppression, violence, and atrocities in human life. 
650 4 |a Mahabharata 
650 4 |a Ecclesiastes 
650 4 |a Free Will 
650 4 |a Time 
650 4 |a Human Agency 
650 4 |a predeterminism 
652 |a AB:BK:CC:HB 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t The ecumenical review  |d Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 1948  |g 74(2022), 5, Seite 807-827  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)340878193  |w (DE-600)2066251-8  |w (DE-576)273867849  |x 1758-6623  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:74  |g year:2022  |g number:5  |g pages:807-827 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1111/erev.12748  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/erev.12748  |x Verlag  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
936 u w |d 74  |j 2022  |e 5  |h 807-827 
951 |a AR 
BIB |a 1 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4250368912 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1831758636 
LOK |0 005 20230426104119 
LOK |0 008 230121||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2023-01-20#0E9D3F1D68E6207E1B879980E04AE5D1FEB5C1FB 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a zota 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442043806  |a CC 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442043571  |a BK 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442042990  |a AB 
LOK |0 936ln  |0 1442044128  |a HB 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a BIB  |a REL 
SYE 0 0 |a Time magazine