Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Evil Inclination in Early Judaism and Christianity
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 143-158
Keywords:
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Yetzer hara (Judaism)
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism Early church, ca. 30-600
;
History
Abstract:
The rabbinic notion of “the two inclinations” has long been connected in scholarship to the notion of the δίψυχος, the double-minded nature of human beings in the Letter of James (1:8; 4:8). Oscar J. F. Seitz, for example, notably argued, first, that James’ depiction of human nature as double-minded (δίψυχος) “is intended to convey the Hebrew idea of a ‘double-heart,’ expressed by the peculiar idiom ‘belev walev’,” as found in 1 Chr 12:33 and Ps 12:2, and, second, that its “real antecedent … is to be found in the rabbinic conception of a double heart or two hearts, which is generically related to the idea of two yeṣarim [i.e. inclinations], and in particular to that of the yeṣer ha-ra‘ [i.e. the Evil Inclination] which leads man to sin.”
DOI:
10.1017/9781108557153.009
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
Permalink