LEADER 05547oam 2200697 a 450 001 9910960734503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400617812 010 $a9780313001222 010 $a0313001227 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400617812 035 $a(CKB)111056485490582 035 $a(OCoLC)614699508 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10020850 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110717 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145456 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110717 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074309 035 $a(PQKB)10059882 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000731 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10020850 035 $a(OCoLC)50321045 035 $a(OCoLC)1435635404 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400617812BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000731 035 $a(Perlego)4202187 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485490582 100 $a20001211e20012024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween man and God $eissues in Judaic thought /$fMartin Sicker 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aContributions to the study of religion,$x0196-7053 ;$vno. 66 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780313319044 311 08$a0313319049 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-254) and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 8 $aSicker 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. 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