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 43
עמוד viii
... present volume is therefore the fruit of a lifetime of research. Several discrete units in the book have been presented at professional meetings. For example, the material on theodicy in the psalms of Asaph was a plenary address at the ...
... present volume is therefore the fruit of a lifetime of research. Several discrete units in the book have been presented at professional meetings. For example, the material on theodicy in the psalms of Asaph was a plenary address at the ...
עמוד 3
... present a perfect balance.1 Yet each quality, by its very nature, violates the other. Strict justice requires that I get what I deserve, no more and no less. Mercy allows my just deserts to be set aside, my transgressions overlooked or ...
... present a perfect balance.1 Yet each quality, by its very nature, violates the other. Strict justice requires that I get what I deserve, no more and no less. Mercy allows my just deserts to be set aside, my transgressions overlooked or ...
עמוד 8
... present circumstances. That interrogative stance is bold and unrelenting, as one query after another emphasizes the gaping disparity between divine promises and reality here and now. The psalmist inquires about the fragility of God's ...
... present circumstances. That interrogative stance is bold and unrelenting, as one query after another emphasizes the gaping disparity between divine promises and reality here and now. The psalmist inquires about the fragility of God's ...
עמוד 9
... present form invites other Israelites to join in the prayer for relief regardless of the specific occasion for religious doubt. The possibilities are limitless: sickness, drought, invasion by enemies, humiliation, bereavement, and so on ...
... present form invites other Israelites to join in the prayer for relief regardless of the specific occasion for religious doubt. The possibilities are limitless: sickness, drought, invasion by enemies, humiliation, bereavement, and so on ...
עמוד 10
... present circumstances belie such a description of the one at the helm. Frantically, the poet begins to search—the text does not specify the object of this investigation—and he goes directly to the vocabulary of compassion. Instead of ...
... present circumstances belie such a description of the one at the helm. Frantically, the poet begins to search—the text does not specify the object of this investigation—and he goes directly to the vocabulary of compassion. Instead of ...
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
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Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith <span dir=ltr>Terence E. Fretheim</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2007 |