Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosopy
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521427223
ISBN 13
9780521427227
OCLC
949097043
Category
Christian Ethics ( 當代倫理 )
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Publication Year
1995
Publisher
Pages
257
Subject
BJ1401
Abstract
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.
Number of Copies
1
