Wayne Allen

Thinking about Good and Evil

Jewish Views from Antiquity to Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Publication Society
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780827614710
• ISBN-10: 0827614713
• Artikelnr.: 60979972

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Wayne Allen

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Good and Evil in the Bible and Apocrypha
2. Rabbinic Approaches to Good and Evil
3. Good and Evil in Medieval Philosophy
4. Kabbalah and the Problem of Evil
5. Hasidic Masters on Evil and Suffering
6. Early Modern Thinkers on Good and Evil
7. Modern Thinkers on Good and Evil
8. The Special Problem of the Shoah
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Texts