1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154695703321

Autore

Kasekamp Andres <1966->

Titolo

A history of the Baltic states / / Andres Kasekamp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-230-36450-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Palgrave Essential Histories

Disciplina

947.9

Soggetti

Baltic States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced a sequence of foreign regimes, including Nazism and communism, before recovering their independence and joining the European Union. Clearly and accessibly written, this book is one of the first to provide a general overview of their histories from the stone age to the present using a comparative approach"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960734503321

Autore

Sicker Martin

Titolo

Between man and God : issues in Judaic thought / / Martin Sicker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798400617812

9780313001222

0313001227

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the study of religion, , 0196-7053 ; ; no. 66

Disciplina

296.3/11

Soggetti

God (Judaism)

Theological anthropology - Judaism

Judaism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- BETWEEN MAN AND GOD -- Contents -- Introduction -- NOTES -- 1 The Judaic Conception of God -- THE ONE AND THE MANY -- JUDAISM'S STRUGGLE AGAINST PAGANISM -- NOTES -- 2 The Temporal or Prophetic Paradigm -- PROPHETIC TRUTH -- NOTES -- 3 The Experience of the Divine -- NOTES -- 4 Man, the Universe, and the Creator -- THE PLACE OF MAN IN THE ORDER OF CREATION -- THE IDEA OF DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY -- NOTES -- 5 The Meaning of Human Existence -- MAN'S ROLE IN THE UNIVERSE -- NOTES -- 6 Man in the Image -- NOTES -- 7 Man and Providence -- THE HUMAN INFLUENCE ON PROVIDENCE -- NOTES -- 8 Man's Moral Autonomy -- IMITATION OF GOD -- NOTES -- 9 The Good and Evil Impulses -- NOTES -- 10 Divine Omniscience and Moral Autonomy -- REWARD AND PUNISHMENT -- DIVINE OMNISCIENCE -- THE PROBLEM OF DIVINE FOREKNOWLEDGE -- RABBI AKIBA'S PARADOX -- NOTES -- 11 Resolving Rabbi Akiba's Paradox -- SAADIA GAON -- JUDAH HALEVI -- BAHYA IBN PAKUDA -- ABRAHAM IBN DAUD -- ABRAHAM IBN EZRA -- MAIMONIDES AND HIS FOLLOWERS -- RABAD OF POSQUIERES -- GERSONIDES -- ISAAC BAR SHESHET BARFAT -- HASDAI CRESCAS -- ABRAHAM SHALOM AND HIS FOLLOWERS -- ISAAC ABRAVANEL -- THE



MODERN REVERSION TO EARLIER VIEWS -- NOTES -- 12 The Question of Divine Justice -- THE NATURE OF EVIL -- RECONCILING EVIL AND PROVIDENCE -- NOTES -- 13 Theodicy in Judaic Thought -- GOD'S WAYS ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE -- THE SEMANTIC APPROACH -- THE ARGUMENT OF LIMITED DIVINE POWER -- THE RETRIBUTION ARGUMENT -- CHASTENINGS OF LOVE -- THE DIVINE WITHDRAWAL ARGUMENT -- THE DIVINE ABSENCE THESIS -- THE FREE WILL HYPOTHESIS -- NOTES -- 14 Divine Justice and Human Justice -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- TALMUDIC TEXTS -- MIDRASHIC TEXTS -- MISCELLANEOUS WORKS -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

Sicker presents a personal attempt to come to grips with the awesome question, Where was God at Auschwitz? and with it some of the related central issues of Jewish thought and belief. There is a tendency among many writers of contemporary work of theology to argue that the very fact of the Holocaust invalidates traditional Jewish theory and that its long-held ideas about God must therefore be revised radically. However, Jewish thinkers have long asked the equivalent of this troubling question, albeit in reference to other places and times in Israel's history and have offered possible answers, just as we do today. The big difference between then and now is not the enormity of the Holocaust, but the readiness of earlier thinkers to search for meaning without almost cavalierly discarding traditionally cherished ideas and beliefs. The author argues that modern advocates of radical theological revision actually have little to add to our understanding of the ways of God and even less to a meaningful Judaic perspective on the universe and the relationship between man and God. A second concern is the contemporary argument that because there is no universally accepted theology of Judaism, one is not bound by any particular conception of God, whether of biblical or rabbinic origin. Jewish theology has thus come to be viewed essentially as an equal opportunity field of intellectual endeavor, an approach Sicker considers fundamentally and fatally flawed. Traditional non-dogmatic thought does not require radical revision. What is required is a sympathetic understanding of the theological assumptions and ideas of the past coupled with a sincere and respectful attempt to reformulate them in terms more attuned to the modern temper.