ISBN:
9780827614710
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 399 Seiten
,
23 cm
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
JPS essential Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Bibel
;
Geschichte
;
Rabbinismus
;
Jüdische Theologie
;
Das Böse
;
Das Gute
;
Jüdische Philosophie
;
Yetzer hara (Judaism)
;
Good and evil / Religious aspects / Judaism
;
Good and evil / Religious aspects / Judaism
;
Yetzer hara (Judaism)
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Rabbinismus
;
Jüdische Theologie
;
Jüdische Philosophie
;
Das Gute
;
Das Böse
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffer, why evil individuals seem to prosper, and God's role in matters of (in)justice, from antiquity to modernity"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Good and evil in the Bible and apocrypha -- Rabbinic approaches to good and evil -- Good and evil in medieval philosophy -- Kabbalah and the problem of evil -- Hasidic masters on evil and suffering -- Early modern thinkers on good and evil -- Modern thinkers on good and evil -- The special problem of the Shoah
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