TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Wayne R. TI - Thinking about good and evil: Jewish views from antiquity to modernity T2 - JPS essential Judaism SN - 9780827614710 PY - 2021///] CY - Lincoln, Philadelphia PB - University of Nebraska Press, The Jewish Publication Society KW - Yetzer hara (Judaism) KW - Good and evil KW - Religious aspects KW - Judaism N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -