Responses to suffering in classical rabbinic literature / David Kraemer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraemer, David Charles, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffering--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Suffering.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author examines classical Jewish literature to see how Rabbis answered questions arising from the existence of suffering. Responses to events such as the defeat of Palestine by Rome and the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem are shown as relevant to the theological problem of suffering.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Canonical Foundation; 3. Other Jews, Other Responses; 4. Early Rabbinic Responses: Mishnah and Avot; 5. Early Rabbinic Responses: The Tosefta; 6. Early Rabbinic Responses: The Halakhic Midrashim; 7. Later Palestinian Documents: The Yerushalmi; 8. Later Palestinian Documents: The Aggadic Midrashim; 9. The Bavli: Canonical Echoes, Intimations of Dissent; 10. The Bavli Rebels; 11. Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Primary Sources

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774091-X

1-280-52736-6

0-19-535842-2

1-4294-0591-0

OCLC:

476011659