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

• Autore: Sicker Martin
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3/11
• Soggetto topico: God (Judaism); Theological anthropology - Judaism; Judaism - Doctrines
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Between man and God
• ISBN: 979-84-00-61781-2; 0-313-00122-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821813503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to the study of religion ; ; no. 66.