The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffer, why evil individuals seem to prosper, and God’s role in matters of (in)justice, from antiquity to modernity.
The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffer, why evil individuals seem to prosper, and God’s role in matters of (in)justice, from antiquity to modernity.
Rabbi Wayne Allen serves as the co-chair of the Rabbinics Department of the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto. He is the author of Prescription for an Ailing World and Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues, among other books.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Good and Evil in the Bible and Apocrypha 2. Rabbinic Approaches to Good and Evil 3. Good and Evil in Medieval Philosophy 4. Kabbalah and the Problem of Evil 5. Hasidic Masters on Evil and Suffering 6. Early Modern Thinkers on Good and Evil 7. Modern Thinkers on Good and Evil 8. The Special Problem of the Shoah Conclusion Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Texts
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Good and Evil in the Bible and Apocrypha 2. Rabbinic Approaches to Good and Evil 3. Good and Evil in Medieval Philosophy 4. Kabbalah and the Problem of Evil 5. Hasidic Masters on Evil and Suffering 6. Early Modern Thinkers on Good and Evil 7. Modern Thinkers on Good and Evil 8. The Special Problem of the Shoah Conclusion Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Texts
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