| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 6 |
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Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 6.
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| Contents |
1. Job -- 2. Philo -- 3. Saadya -- 4. Maimonides -- 5. Gersonides -- 6. Spinoza -- 7. Mendelssohn -- 8. Cohen -- 9. Buber -- 10. The Holocaust -- 11. Back to the Bible |
| Summary |
The problems of evil and suffering have been extensively discussed in Jewish philosophy, and much of the discussion has centred on the Book of Job. In this study Oliver Leaman poses two questions: how can a powerful and caring deity allow terrible things to happen to obviously innocent people, and why have the Jewish people been so harshly treated throughout history, given their status as the chosen people? He explores these issues through an analysis of the views of Philo, Saadya, Maimonides, Gersonides, Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, and post-Holocaust thinkers, and suggests that a discussion of evil and suffering is really a discussion about our relationship with God |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
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Bible. Job fast |
| Subject |
Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Judaism -- Doctrines.
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Jewish philosophy.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Jewish philosophy
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Judaism -- Doctrines
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511003870 |
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9780511003875 |
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9780521427227 |
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0521427223 |
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9780521417242 |
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0521417244 |
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0511880715 |
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9780511880711 |
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0511585683 |
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9780511585685 |
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