Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of EvilOxford University Press, 21 באפר׳ 2005 - 288 עמודים In the ancient Near East, when the gods detected gross impropriety in their ranks, they subjected their own to trial. When mortals suspect their gods of wrongdoing, do they have the right to put them on trial? What lies behind the human endeavor to impose moral standards of behavior on the gods? Is this effort an act of arrogance, as Kant suggested, or a means of keeping theological discourse honest? It is this question James Crenshaw seeks to address in this wide-ranging study of ancient theodicies. Crenshaw has been writing about and pondering the issue of theodicy - the human effort to justify the ways of the gods or God - for many years. In this volume he presents a synthesis of his ideas on this perennially thorny issue. The result sheds new light on the history of the human struggle with this intractable problem. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 56
עמוד viii
... Earth Do What Is Right? Studies on the Nature of God in Tribute to James L. Crenshaw, ed. David Penchansky and Paul L. Redditt (2000). The present volume is therefore the fruit of a lifetime of research. Several discrete units in the ...
... Earth Do What Is Right? Studies on the Nature of God in Tribute to James L. Crenshaw, ed. David Penchansky and Paul L. Redditt (2000). The present volume is therefore the fruit of a lifetime of research. Several discrete units in the ...
עמוד 5
... earth mirror that contentment. All creatures who live on this good earth enjoy its bounty: water for quenching thirst, food for assuaging hunger, places of refuge for resting securely. Although the psalmist acknowledges the predatory ...
... earth mirror that contentment. All creatures who live on this good earth enjoy its bounty: water for quenching thirst, food for assuaging hunger, places of refuge for resting securely. Although the psalmist acknowledges the predatory ...
עמוד 7
... Earth brightens when you dawn in lightland . . . The entire land sets out to work, All beasts browse on their herbs; Trees, herbs are sprouting, Birds fly from their nests . . . Ships fare north, fare south as well, Roads lie open when ...
... Earth brightens when you dawn in lightland . . . The entire land sets out to work, All beasts browse on their herbs; Trees, herbs are sprouting, Birds fly from their nests . . . Ships fare north, fare south as well, Roads lie open when ...
עמוד 11
... earth. The second assumption, optimism, joined forces with this philosophy of history that celebrated human intellectual and moral achievement, seemingly so obvious when Europe was compared with “primitive” societies. The third ...
... earth. The second assumption, optimism, joined forces with this philosophy of history that celebrated human intellectual and moral achievement, seemingly so obvious when Europe was compared with “primitive” societies. The third ...
עמוד 14
... flourish on earth has taxed the human intellect at least since the beginning of recorded history.29 The existence of a just and merciful deity should, it seems, preclude evil and suffering, at least horrendous 14 introduction.
... flourish on earth has taxed the human intellect at least since the beginning of recorded history.29 The existence of a just and merciful deity should, it seems, preclude evil and suffering, at least horrendous 14 introduction.
תוכן
3 | |
PART I Spreading the Blame Around | 23 |
PART II Redefining God | 73 |
PART III Shifting to the Human Scene | 133 |
Conclusion | 191 |
Notes | 197 |
Select Bibliography | 251 |
Scripture Index | 265 |
Person Index | 271 |
Subject Index | 273 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil <span dir=ltr>James L. Crenshaw</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2005 |
Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil <span dir=ltr>James L. Crenshaw</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2005 |
Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil <span dir=ltr>James L. Crenshaw</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2005 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abraham adversary Advice and Probing Ancient Israel ancient Near East atheism attributes belief Ben Sira biblical blessing book of Job chapter concept context creator Crenshaw death deity deity’s divine justice Doubleday earth Egyptian Eliphaz Elohim emphasizes evil Exod expression Ezekiel Fortress fu¨r Genesis God’s gods guilt heaven heavenly Hebrew Bible human humankind individual innocent interpreters Isaac Isaiah Israelite James James L Jewish Job’s Joel Joel’s John Knox Jonah judge justice and mercy language literary literature mortals narrative narrator nations nature Old Testament one’s Oxford people’s person poem poet praise prayer present prophet Prov Proverbs Psalm 14 Psalm 82 psalmist punishment Qoheleth question religious response resurrection righteous servant Sheffield Sheol Sira Sira’s story suffering theodicy Theology thought tion tradition Ugarit understanding University Press verb verse Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox wicked wisdom wisdom literature word worship YHWH YHWH’s York
הפניות לספר זה
Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith <span dir=ltr>Terence E. Fretheim</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2007 |