Voices from the ruins : theodicy and the fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible / Dalit Rom-Shiloni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rom-Shiloni, Dalit, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Theology.

Bible.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Bible. Old Testament.

Theodicy--Biblical teaching.

Theodicy.

God--Biblical teaching.

God.

Providence and government of God--Judaism.

Providence and government of God.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Questions of Method

1 Justification, Doubt, and Protest in Sixth-Century Biblical Literature

1.1. Theodicy: Justification of a Just God

1.2. Protest and Doubt: Essential Components of the Theological Discourse

1.3. Between Justification and Protest: Toward a Framework of Theodicy as Discourse

2 Studying Religious Thought

2.1. From Biblical Theology to Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) Theology

2.2. Six Distinguishing Criteria in Biblical/Hebrew Bible Theology

2.3. Creating a Distinctive Descriptive (Non-Christian and Non-Jewish) Hebrew Bible Theology

3 Multiplicity of Voices and Diversity of Thought

3.1. Binary Categories of Distinction in Ancient Israelite Religion: Some Challenges

3.2. Alternatively: Religious Discourse among Equals

3.3. Theological Crisis in the Sixth Century: Modern and Postmodern Scholarly Perspectives

3.4. "Checks and Balances" for the Study of Theological Diversity

4 Summary and a Proposal

Part 2: Theodicy as Discourse in the Face of Destruction

5 God as King

5.1. The Conception of God and Anthropomorphism as Metaphor

5.2. Anthropomorphism in the Hebrew Bible: The Great Paradox and the Scholarly Challenges

5.3. Anthropomorphic Metaphors for God

5.4. God as King: A Pervasive Metaphor

5.5. Summary

6 God as Warrior

6.1. Divine and Human Roles in War: The Victory and the Defeat

6.2. Explanations for Victory in War

6.3. Explanations for Defeat in War

6.4. Appendix: Theological Perspectives on Jeremiah 21:1-10

7 God Is Called Upon to Fight for His People

7.1. Protest: "O God, My King from of Old" (Psalm 74)

7.2. The People's Doubts: Quotations in Jeremiah and Fragmentary Communal Laments (Jeremiah 8:19-20, 21-23

14:7-9)

7.3. Justification through Polemic: The "Peace Prophets" versus Jeremiah and Ezekiel

8 God Summons the Enemy

8.1. Justification of God (2 Kings 21-25

Jeremiah and Ezekiel)

8.2. Protest: "All This Has Come Upon Us, Yet We Have Not Forgotten You" (Psalm 44)

9 God as the Enemy

9.1. Justification: The Argumentation and Its Price in Jeremiah and Ezekiel

9.2. Doubt, Argument, and Challenge: "It Is You Who Made All These Things" (Jeremiah 14:22)

9.3. Forms of Protest (Lamentations 1

Jeremiah 5:12-14)

9.4. Summary: Conceptions of God as Warrior and Their Implications for Theodical Discourse

10 God as Judge and Divine Justice

10.1. God as Judge: The Metaphor

10.2. God as Judge: The Polemics Concerning Divine Justice

11 God Visits the Guilt of the Parents upon the Children, the Present Generation

11.1. Transgenerational Retribution in the Context of Exile: The Question of Ezekiel

11.2. Justification: The Destruction Is Divine Judgment upon a Generation That Sinned Just Like Its Ancestors

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Rom-Shiloni, Dalit. Voices from the ruins.

ISBN:

9781467461870

1467461873

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99987737250

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