Problem of Evil and its Symbols in Jewish and Christian Tradition
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780826462220
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 01/10/2004
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
The existence of evil in the world represents one of the most complex problems for those who believe in God. Here, a range of Jewish and Christian contributors examine the issue of evil in the Bible and its impact on Judaism and Christianity from a variety of perspectives. For example, how has Jewish mysticism explained evil, and what were Luther's thoughts on the topic? The dialogue between specialists from different fields allows a broad overview of this problematic issue.
Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part 1: The Bible; Winfried Thiel: "Evil" in the Book of Kings; Yair Hoffman: Jeremiah 50-51 and the Concept of Evil in the Hebrew Bible; Edward L. Greenstein: The Wrath of God in the Book of Lamentations; Asnat Singer: Evil and its Symbols in Psalms 14; 53; 36; 12; Henning Graf Reventlow: The Evil Ones and the Godless. A Problem of Identity in Biblical Wisdom; Klaus Wengst: The Devil in the Revelation of St. John; Part 2: Religious History And Judaism; Hans-Peter Hasenfratz: Evil in the World of Religions; Bilha Nitzan: Evil and its Symbols in the Qumran Scrolls. Yoram Jacobson: The Concept of Evil and its Sanctification in Kabbalistic Thought; Part 3: Systematic Questions; Dietmar Wyrwa: Augustin and Luther on Evil; Christopher Frey: Good and Evil in Ethics; Christian Link: The Riddle of Evil - the Auschwitz-Question; Franz-Heinrich Beyer: Evil - a Topic for Religious Education? Part 4: Modern Literature; Yochai Oppenheimer: The Question of Evil in Israeli Holocaust Fiction
Review International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05