Sin, suffering and the problem of evil / edited by Blaženka Scheuer and David Willgren Davage.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scheuer, Blaženka, editor.

Davage, David Willgren, 1983- editor.

Lindström, Fredrik, 1953- honouree.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 126.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible.

Theodicy.

Good and evil--Biblical teaching.

Good and evil.

Sin--Biblical teaching.

Sin.

Suffering in the Bible.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

x, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2021]

Summary:

"The present volume gathers contributions on sin, suffering, and evil as dealt with in the Hebrew Bible. It also discusses ways in which these topics have impacted the human experience of suffering throughout history." --Provided by publisher

Contents:

Part I: The Hebrew Bible in General. God and Evil in the Hebrew Bible / John Barton

God in Conflict With Evil: Comfort, Repentance, and Compassion as Options of Divine Agency / Hermann Spieckermann

Sin Without Suffering? On One Function of Intercession in the Biblical Scriptures / Erik Aurelius - Downing One's Destiny: Drinking and Judgement in the Hebrew Bible / Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme

Good Sun, Evil Sun, Eternal Sun: Biblical, Central Semitic, and Afro-Asiatic Perspectives / Ola Wikander

Sad as a Bird: On Avian Metaphors in Biblical Depictions of Human Suffering / Göran Eidevall

Israel's Sin and Survival in Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 9-10 / Kristin Joachimsen.

Part III: Reception History of Hebrew Bible Traditions. Was There a Doctrine of Original Sin in Early Syriac Christianity? / Sten Hidal

Straws and a Tearful Blossom: Sin, Suffering, and Historical Background in Psalm 90 and Iceland's National Anthem / Gunnlaugur A. Jónsson

Lost For Words: Psalms and Prayer at Dachau / Elisabet Nord

Genesis, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Evil / Blaženka Scheuer.

Part II: Particular Books in the Hebrew Bible. Sin Without Grace? A Fresh Look at the Theological Significance of היום לרוח in Genesis 3:8 / David Willgren Davage

Subjectivity, the Uncanny Other, and a Deconstructive Reading of Evil in the Exodus Narrative / Kåre Berge

Yom Kippur (Lev 16): A Complex Ritual Beyond Space and Time / Corinna Körting

Understanding Ezekiel 18 in Its Literary Context / Antti Laato

Malachi 3:13-21 and the Problem of God's Justice in the Time of the Second Temple / Karl William Weyde

Simul Justus et Peccator: Suffering and Sin in Lamentations / Else Holt

"Give Light to My Eyes": Psalm 13 Through the Eyes of Some Commentators / LarsOlov Eriksson

Metaphors of Evil: An Application of Cognitive Metaphor Theory on Imagery of Evil in the Book of Psalms / Åke Viberg

Suffering and Identity in the Book of Job / Terje Stordalen.

Notes:

Festschrift for Fredrik Lindström.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783161575389

3161575385

OCLC:

1257756757

Publisher Number:

9783161575389