| Perfect Goodness and the God of the Jews: A Contemporary Jewish Theology Contributor(s): Gellman (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618118382 ISBN-13: 9781618118387 Publisher: Academic Studies Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 296.311 |
| LCCN: 2019028716 |
| Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.02 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: That the God of the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature, "the God of the Jews," is perfectly good is challenged by apparently immoral acts of that God, by contemporary standards, as well as by the classic problem of evil. In this book, Jerome Gellman aims to alleviate the first challenge, the so-called ideological critique, for the traditional believer by recommending replacing the God of the Jews with a different God, a "Jewish God," one in whom many traditional Jews have come to believe. And the problem of evil is lightened for the traditional believer, mainly by a possible theodicy explaining much evil. The book is at once analytic in style and Hasidic in broad orientation. |