Thinking about good and evil : Jewish views from antiquity to modernity / Rabbi Wayne Allen. The Jewish Publication Society

Englisch

Philadephia : The Jewish Publication Society, 2021

©2021

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Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Allen, Wayne R.: Thinking about good and evil. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021. - xxvi, 399 Seiten

978-0-8276-1866-4

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-8276-1471-0 (Druckausgabe)

*Judentum / Das Böse / Das Gute / Geschichte

*Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Judaism ; Yetzer hara (Judaism)

*Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BJ1401

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.36 ; 296.3/118

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..

Understanding Theodicy -- Judaism's Challenges in Addressing Theodicy -- "That Sore That Will Never Heal" -- 1. Good and Evil in the Bible and Apocrypha -- Genesis: The Creation Epic -- Genesis: The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil -- Genesis: Cain and Abel -- Genesis: Abraham's Intercession on Behalf of Sodom and the Binding of Isaac -- Deuteronomy: The Choice of Good or Evil -- The Prophets -- The Book of Psalms -- The Book of Proverbs -- The Book of Job -- The Book of Ecclesiastes -- The Book of Daniel -- The Apocrypha -- The Book of Enoch -- Summary -- 2. Rabbinic Approaches to Good and Evil -- Thirteen Rabbinic Approaches to Theodicy -- 1. Refine Definitions -- 2. Resort to the Inexplicability Factor -- 3. Propose the "Chastisements of Love" -- 4. Assume Astral Influence -- 5. Compensate Injustice in the Afterlife -- 6. Ascribe Evils to the Trials of the Righteous -- 7. Assert the Usefulness of the Continued Existence of the Wicked -- 8. See Early Death as a Benefit to the Righteous -- 9. Claim That Prior Assumptions Are No Longer in Force -- 10. Interpret the Suffering of the Righteous as Vicarious Atonement -- 11. Recognize Evil as a Universal and Regular Phenomenon -- 12. Apply the Concept of "God's Wrath" to Explain Suffering -- 13. Be Resigned to the Inevitability of Injustice -- The Evil Inclination -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- Philo -- Summary -- 3. Good and Evil in Medieval Philosophy -- Sa'adiah -- Bahya -- Abraham ibn Daud -- Maimonides -- Gersonides -- Crescas -- Albo -- Yosef Ya'avetz -- Summary -- 4. Kabbalah and the Problem of Evil -- Sefer Yetzirah -- Rabbi Yitzhak ben Ya'akov ha-Kohen, Sagi Nahor (the Blind) -- Sefer ha-Bahir -- Zohar -- Rabbi Isaac Luria -- Summary.

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