Evil and suffering in Jewish philosophy / Oliver Leaman.
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 6Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: xiii, 257 pages; 24 cmISBN: - 0521417244 (hardback)
- 20 296.311 LEA
- BJ1401 .L35 1995
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| 296.31 SEE No other gods : the modern struggle against idolatry / | 296.311 GOO God of Abraham / | 296.311 GOO God of Abraham / | 296.311 LEA Evil and suffering in Jewish philosophy / | 296.311 SCH Hasidic responses to the Holocaust in the light of Hasidic thought / | 296.311 SCH Hasidic responses to the Holocaust in the light of Hasidic thought / | 296.34 LEV Creation and the persistence of evil : the Jewish drama of divine omnipotence / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.
1. Job; 2. Philo; 3. Saadya; 4. Maimonides; 5. Gersonides; 6. Spinoza; 7. Mendelssohn; 8. Cohen; 9. Buber; 10. The Holocaust; 11. Back to the Bible.
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?
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