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Demonic desires : yetzer hara and the problem of evil in late antiquity /
This study examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination. Analyzing the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the yetzer in rabbinic literature, Rosen-Zvi contends that the term should not be read under the traditional rubric of sexual desire, but rather in the context of ancient Jewi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Divinations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. The Riddle, or: How Did the Evil Yetzer Become a Mighty King?
- Chapter 1. "The Torah Spoke Regarding the Yetzer": Tannaitic Literature
- Chapter 2. Yetzer and Other Demons: Patristic Parallels
- Chapter 3. Yetzer at Qumran: Proto-Rabbinic?
- Chapter 4. Coming of Age: Amoraic Yetzer
- Chapter 5. Refuting the Yetzer: The Limits of Rabbinic Discursive Worlds
- Chapter 6. Sexualizing the Yetzer
- Chapter 7. Weak Like a Female, Strong Like a Male: Yetzer and Gender
- Afterword. Toward a Genealogy of the Rabbinic Subject
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Source Index
- Acknowledgments.