Shall Not the Judge of All the Earth Do Justly? Theological Dilemmas Posed by the Pittsburgh and Poway Synagogue Massacres

There is an immutable framework of biblical faith, expressed in Israelite monotheism, namely, that God is both all-powerful and all-just. Such divine attributes, however, have been called into question throughout the course of Jewish history and experience, from earliest antiquity, through the annih...

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Main Author: Hanson, Kenneth L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 333-345
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Shoah
B Pittsburgh and Poway synagogue massacres
B Theodicy
B Sodom and Gomorrah
B Antisemitism
B Book of Job
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