Ishay Rosen-Zvi

Demonic Desires

Yetzer Hara and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the concept of "yetzer hara," or evil inclination. Analyzing the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the "yetzer" in rabbinic literature, Rosen-Zvi contends that the term should not be read under the traditional rubric of sexual desire, but rather in the context of ancient Jewish demonology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780812243390
• ISBN-10: 0812243390
• Artikelnr.: 33077615

Autorenporträt

Ishay Rosen-Zvi is Associate Professor of Hebrew Culture at Tel Aviv University, where he serves as the head of the Talmud and late antiquity section. He is also a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Riddle, or: How Did the Evil Yetzer Become a Mighty King?
Chapter 1. "The Torah Spoke Regarding the Yetzer": Tannaitic Literature
Chapter 2. Yetzer and Other Demons: Patristic Parallels
Chapter 3. Yetzer at Qumran: Proto-Rabbinic?
Chapter 4. Coming of Age: Amoraic Yetzer
Chapter 5. Refuting the Yetzer: The Limits of Rabbinic Discursive Worlds
Chapter 6. Sexualizing the Yetzer
Chapter 7. Weak Like a Female, Strong Like a Male: Yetzer and Gender
Afterword: Toward a Genealogy of the Rabbinic Subject
Notes
Bibliography
Index