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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Main Author: Leaman, Oliver, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Series:Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 6.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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.