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The theology of the Oral Torah : revealing the justice of God / Jacob Neusner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neusner, Jacob, 1932-
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mishnah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Mishnah.
- Judaism--Doctrines.
- Judaism.
- God--Righteousness.
- God.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 699 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The Theology of the Oral Torah demonstrates the cogency and inner rationality of the classical statement of Judaism in the Oral Torah, bringing a theological assessment to bear on the whole of rabbinic literature. Jacob Neusner shows how the proposition that God is One and all-powerful but also merciful and just defines the system and structure of rabbinic Judaism. He argues that in working this proposition out in rich detail the classical texts generate the central rabbinic problem: how can the conflicting traits inherent in the proposition be resolved?"--Jacket
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Bibliography
- Prologue
- Imagining Eden and Re-presenting the Result
- Sources of World Order
- The Moral Order: Reward and Punishment
- The Political Order: Israel and the Torah
- The Political Order: The Gentiles Tan Idolatry
- Ordering the Ultimate Anomaly: Private Lives
- Perfecting World Order
- World Beyond Time
- World without Change
- Complementarity
- Correspondence
- Sources of World Disorder
- Intentionality
- Sin
- Restoring World Order
- Repentance and Atonement
- Restoring Private Lives: Resurrection
- Restoring the Public Order: The World to Come
- Epilogue
- Before and After
- Index of Subjects
- Index of References to Ancient Texts
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxi]-xxvii) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85539-5
- 9786612855399
- 0-7735-6754-2
- OCLC:
- 40535103
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