The Book Of Job In Jewish Life And Thought

Author : Jason Kalman
Publisher : Hebrew Union College Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878201952

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The Book of Job in Jewish Life and Thought by Jason Kalman Pdf

Despite its general absence from the Jewish liturgical cycle and its limited place in Jewish practice, the Book of Job has permeated Jewish culture over the last 2,000 years. Job has not only had to endure the suffering described in the biblical book, but the efforts of countless commentators, interpreters, and creative rewriters whose explanations more often than not challenged the protagonist's righteousness in order to preserve Divine justice. Beginning with five critical essays on the specific efforts of ancient, medieval, and modern Jewish writers to make sense of the biblical book, this volume concludes with a detailed survey of the place of Job in the Talmud and Midrashic corpus, in medieval biblical commentary, in ethical, mystical, and philosophical tracts, as well as in poetry and creative writing in a wide variety of Jewish languages from around the world from the second to sixteenth centuries.

Author : Harold S. Kushner
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780805243079

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The Book of Job by Harold S. Kushner Pdf

Part of the Jewish Encounter series From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world. The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a good man. Yet after losing everything, Job—though confused, angry, and questioning God—refuses to reject his faith, although he challenges some central aspects of it. Rabbi Harold S. Kushner examines the questions raised by Job’s experience, questions that have challenged wisdom seekers and worshippers for centuries. What kind of God permits such bad things to happen to good people? Why does God test loyal followers? Can a truly good God be all-powerful? Rooted in the text, the critical tradition that surrounds it, and the author’s own profoundly moral thinking, Kushner’s study gives us the book of Job as a touchstone for our time. Taking lessons from historical and personal tragedy, Kushner teaches us about what can and cannot be controlled, about the power of faith when all seems dark, and about our ability to find God. Rigorous and insightful yet deeply affecting, The Book of Job is balm for a distressed age—and Rabbi Kushner’s most important book since When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

Author : Jason Kalman
Publisher : Hebrew Union College
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780615703466

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Hebrew Union College and the Dead Sea Scrolls by Jason Kalman Pdf

The bare outline of the story of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is well known, but the precise details are sometimes completely forgotten or misconstrued. The recovery of this history in all its complexity is vital for understanding how and why scholarly work on the Scrolls developed as it did over the six decades during which the texts were slowly published. Jason Kalman recovers the fascinating story of Hebrew Union College's involvement with the Dead Sea Scrolls from their discovery in 1948 until the early 1990s when they were first made accessible to all scholars and to the public.

Author : Mark Larrimore
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691202464

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The Book of Job by Mark Larrimore Pdf

The life and times of this iconic and enduring biblical book The book of Job raises stark questions about the meaning of innocent suffering and the relationship of the human to the divine, yet it is also one of the Bible's most obscure and paradoxical books. Mark Larrimore provides a panoramic history of this remarkable book, traversing centuries and traditions to examine how Job's trials and his challenge to God have been used and understood in diverse contexts, from commentary and liturgy to philosophy and art. Larrimore traces Job's reception by figures such as Gregory the Great, William Blake, and Elie Wiesel, and reveals how Job has come to be viewed as the Bible's answer to the problem of evil and the perennial question of why a God who supposedly loves justice permits bad things to happen to good people.

Author : Harold S. Kushner
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805241938

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner Pdf

Offers an inspirational and compassionate approach to understanding the problems of life, and argues that we should continue to believe in God's fairness.

Author : David Guzik
Publisher : Enduring Word Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1939466474

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Job by David Guzik Pdf

Verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Job

Author : Edwin Goldberg
Publisher : CCAR Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881236354

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CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Summer 2023 by Edwin Goldberg Pdf

This issue of the CCAR Journal is dedicated to honoring the seventy-fifth anniversary of Israel. Articles discuss what it means to be Jewish in the Jewish State, the presence of the Reform Movement in Israel, and the relationship that exists between Diaspora Jews and Zionism, among other topics. Book reviews and poems are also included.

Author : Nahum N. Glatzer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592440061

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Dimensions of Job by Nahum N. Glatzer Pdf

"[Glatzer] has compiled here some of the most meaningful modern commentaries on Job's theme. He has arranged them into those of the Judaic, the Christian, and the general philosophic tradition and has written a lengthy introduction in which he goes back to the Fathers of the Church, the medieval rabbis, and classical philosophers...It value is in its invitation to reflection on human fate and in the introduction to some of the most meaningful pronouncements on this subject. Highly recommended."---Library Journal The contributors are: Leo Baeck, Martin Buber, Yehezkel Kaufmann, Leon Roth, Robert Gordis, Margarete Susman, Hans Ehrenberg, Jean Danielou, Ernest Renan, H. H. Rowley, Leonard Ragaz, Robert Lowth, J. G. Herder, Josiah Royce, Horace M. Kallen, Paul Weiss, Gilbert Murray, Arthur S. Peake, Emil G. Kraeling W. O. E. Oesterley, T. H. Robinson, Hayim Greenberg, Rudolph Otto, G. K. Chesterton, Walter Kaufmann, H. Wheeler Robinson, James B. Conant, G. W. F. Hegel, Sø Kierkegaard, Seton Pollock, William Barrett, Marvin H. Pope, and Archibald MacLeish.

Author : Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827615601

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Halakhic Man by Joseph B. Soloveitchik Pdf

The 40th Anniversary Edition of Halakhic Man is the classic work of modern Jewish and religious thought by the twentieth century's preeminent Orthodox Jewish theologian and talmudic scholar, newly accompanied by scholarly apparatus that will help readers better appreciate the work.

Author : Gustavo GutiŽrrez
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331246

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On Job by Gustavo GutiŽrrez Pdf

Author : Stephen Mitchell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061847462

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The Book of Job by Stephen Mitchell Pdf

"If Mr. Mitchell gives an eloquent account of the effects of Job's poetry in his introduction, in the translation itself he does even better: he makes those effects come alive. Writing with three insistent beats to the line, and hammering home a succession of boldly defined images, he achieves a rare degree of vehemence and concentration." — John Cross, New York Times The Book of Job pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight; it is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it. Now, The Book of Job has been translated into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the Tao Te Ching have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the Hebrew verse of Job has been translated into verse in any language, ancient or modern, and the result is a triumph.

Author : Nahum Glatzer
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780817355579

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Essays in Jewish Thought by Nahum Glatzer Pdf

"Essays in Jewish Thought covers a wide range of subjects: some essays deal with the Biblical and post-Biblical periods, some with medieval Jewry, and a goodly number with the modern period and some of its philosophical spokesmen. Glatzer has the marvelous ability to gather together isolated statements from the Talmud and weave them into a fine historical pattern. One might take exception to some of his ideas, but one must agree with the general thrust of his historical review."--Jewish Quarterly Review Glatzer must be considered one of the central figures in the emigration of German-Jewish culture to North America [and is] responsible for training a whole generation of American-born scholars. . . . [He] has also been primarily responsible for the discovery and dissemination in America of the works of Franz Rosenzweig and Franz Kafka. . . . What is immediately impressive in Essays in Jewish Thought is the extraordinary range of his interests and expertise. It is inspiring to find such a model of breadth from the Rabbinic period to the Middle Ages and the 19th and 20th centuries."--International Studies in Philosophy

Author : Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783849677497

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The Book of Job by Gilbert Keith Chesterton Pdf

The Book of Job is among the other Old Testament Books both a philosophical riddle and a historical riddle. Controversy has long raged about which parts of this epic belong to its original scheme and which are interpolations of considerably later date. The doctors disagree, as it is the business of doctors to do; but upon the whole the trend of investigation has always been in the direction of maintaining that the parts interpolated, if any, were the prose prologue and epilogue and possibly the speech of the young man who comes in with an apology at the end. This work contains Chesterton's assumptions and thoughts on this mysterious scripture.

Author : David Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451651614

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How's Your Faith? by David Gregory Pdf

"Join former NBC newsman and Meet the Press moderator David Gregory as he probes various religious traditions to better understand his own faith and answer life's most important questions: who do we want to be and what do we believe? While David was covering the White House, he had the unusual experience of being asked by President George W. Bush "How's your faith?" David's answer was just emerging. Raised by a Catholic mother and a Jewish dad, he had a strong sense of Jewish cultural and ethnic identity, but no real belief--until his marriage to a Protestant woman of strong faith inspired him to explore his spirituality for himself and his growing family. David's journey has taken him inside Christian mega-churches and into the heart of Orthodox Judaism. He's gone deep into Bible study and asked tough questions of America's most thoughtful religious leaders, including evangelical preacher Joel Osteen and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Catholic Archbishop of New York. It has brought him back to his childhood, where belief in God might have helped him through his mother's struggle with alcoholism, and through a difficult period of public scrutiny and his departure from NBC News, which saw his faith tested like never before. David approaches his faith with the curiosity and dedication you would expect from a journalist accustomed to holding politicians and Presidents accountable. But he also comes as a seeker, one just discovering why spiritual journeys are always worthwhile"--

Author : Kari H. Tuling
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780827618466

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Thinking about God by Kari H. Tuling Pdf

A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry from the Academy of Parish Clergy Who--or what--is God? Is God like a person? Does God have a gender? Does God have a special relationship with the Jewish people? Does God intervene in our lives? Is God good--and, if yes, why does evil persist in the world? In investigating how Jewish thinkers have approached these and other questions, Rabbi Kari H. Tuling elucidates many compelling--and contrasting--ways of thinking about God in Jewish tradition. Thinking about God addresses the genuinely intertextual nature of evolving Jewish God concepts. Just as in Jewish thought the Bible and other historical texts are living documents, still present and relevant to the conversation unfolding now, and just as a Jewish theologian examining a core concept responds to the full tapestry of Jewish thought on the subject all at once, this book is organized topically, covers Jewish sources (including liturgy) from the biblical to the postmodern era, and highlights the interplay between texts over time, up through our own era. A highly accessible resource for introductory students, Thinking about God also makes important yet challenging theological texts understandable. By breaking down each selected text into its core components, Tuling helps the reader absorb it both on its own terms and in the context of essential theological questions of the ages. Readers of all backgrounds will discover new ways to contemplate God. Access a study guide.