Evil and suffering in Jewish philosophy

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 w...

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Subtitles:Evil & Suffering in Jewish Philosophy
Main Author: Leaman, Oliver (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995.
In:Year: 1995
Reviews:LEAMAN, O., Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp. xiii + 257. Cloth, n.p. ISBN 0-521-41724-4 (1997)
[Rezension von: Leaman, Oliver, Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosophy] (1999) (Ivry, Alfred L.)
Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosophy. Oliver Leaman (1998) (Kraemer, Joel)
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in religious traditions 6
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Evil / Suffering / Jewish philosophy
Further subjects:B Bible ; Job ; Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
B Good and evil ; Religious aspects ; Judaism
B Jewish Philosophy
B Bible
B Bible. Occupation Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
B Good and evil Religious aspects Judaism
B Suffering Religious aspects Judaism
B Judaism Doctrines
B Suffering ; Religious aspects ; Judaism
B Judaism ; Doctrines
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Erscheint auch als: 9780521417242
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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.
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ISBN:0511585683
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511585685