Editing Predestination (section)

=== Pre-Christian period ===
Some have argued that the [[Book of Enoch]] contains a deterministic worldview that is combined with dualism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malan |first=J. C. |date=1983 |title=Enochic (apocalyptic) and Christian perspectives on relationships: A tentative comparison of striking aspects and underlying lines of thinking revealed in 1 Enoch and the New Testament |journal=Neotestamentica |volume=17 |pages=84–96 |jstor=43047851 |issn=0254-8356}}</ref> The [[book of Jubilees]] seems to harmonize or mix together a doctrine of free will and determinism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sigal |first=Philip |title=The Emergence of Contemporary Judaism, Part I and II: The Foundations of Judaism from Biblical Origins to the Sixth Century A.D.}}</ref>

[[Ben Sira]] affirms free will, where God allows a choice of bad or good before the human and thus they can choose which one to follow.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=PhD |first1=Mary A. Ehle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eht9G-MGuAQC&dq=Sirach+free+will&pg=PA46 |title=Foundations for Preaching and Teaching®: Scripture Backgrounds for 2014 |last2=Hiesberger |first2=Jean Marie |last3=Mazza |first3=Biagio |last4=CSJ |first4=Mary M. McGlone |last5=OSB |first5=Abbot Gregory J. Polan |last6=Simeone |first6=Denise |last7=Turner |first7=Paul |date=2014 |publisher=Liturgy Training Publications |isbn=978-1-61671-079-8 |language=en}}</ref>