Thinking about good and evil : Jewish views from antiquity to modernity /
Allen, Wayne R.,
Thinking about good and evil : Jewish views from antiquity to modernity / Rabbi Wayne Allen. - xxvi, 399 pages ; 23 cm. - JPS essential Judaism . - JPS essential Judaism series. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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
"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"--
9780827614710 0827614713
2020034113
Yetzer hara (Judaism)
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Thinking about good and evil : Jewish views from antiquity to modernity / Rabbi Wayne Allen. - xxvi, 399 pages ; 23 cm. - JPS essential Judaism . - JPS essential Judaism series. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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
"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"--
9780827614710 0827614713
2020034113
Yetzer hara (Judaism)
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Judaism.