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 47
עמוד 3
... heavens, as the German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach insisted was true of religion, God (or the gods) is expected to present a perfect balance.1 Yet each quality, by its very nature, violates the other. Strict justice requires that I get ...
... heavens, as the German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach insisted was true of religion, God (or the gods) is expected to present a perfect balance.1 Yet each quality, by its very nature, violates the other. Strict justice requires that I get ...
עמוד 4
... He is the one wrapping himself in light as a garment, spreading out the heavens as a tent, laying the beams of his chambers in the waters, making clouds his chariot, riding on the wings of the wind, making the winds 4 introduction.
... He is the one wrapping himself in light as a garment, spreading out the heavens as a tent, laying the beams of his chambers in the waters, making clouds his chariot, riding on the wings of the wind, making the winds 4 introduction.
עמוד 6
... heaven's lightland, Oliving Aten, creator of life! .. You fill every land with your beauty. You are beauteous, great, radiant, High over every land; Your rays embrace the lands . . . Though one sees you, your strides are unseen . . 6 ...
... heaven's lightland, Oliving Aten, creator of life! .. You fill every land with your beauty. You are beauteous, great, radiant, High over every land; Your rays embrace the lands . . . Though one sees you, your strides are unseen . . 6 ...
עמוד 15
... heavens, presuming indifference, remoteness, or blindness on the part of God. Each manifestation of evil achieves its sharpest focus in suffering,33 which, like prosperity, confronts individuals with a test. The experience of undeserved ...
... heavens, presuming indifference, remoteness, or blindness on the part of God. Each manifestation of evil achieves its sharpest focus in suffering,33 which, like prosperity, confronts individuals with a test. The experience of undeserved ...
עמוד 20
... heaven awaits faithful servants of God, pious people put up with evil as a temporary burden. Chapter 10, “Mystery: Appealing to Human Ignorance,” follows the trail of biblical sentiment about the dark veil that conceals the divine realm ...
... heaven awaits faithful servants of God, pious people put up with evil as a temporary burden. Chapter 10, “Mystery: Appealing to Human Ignorance,” follows the trail of biblical sentiment about the dark veil that conceals the divine realm ...
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 |