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Pious irreverence : confronting God in rabbinic Judaism /

Judaism is often described as a religion that tolerates, even celebrates arguments with God. In Pious Irreverence, Dov Weiss has written the first scholarly study of the premodern roots of this distinctively Jewish theology of protest, examining its origins and development in the rabbinic age (70 CE...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weiss, Dov, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Series:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; A Note on Manuscripts, Critical Editions, and Translations Used in the Text; Introduction; Chapter 1. Confrontation as Sin; Chapter 2. From Sin to Virtue; Chapter 3. Varieties of Confrontation; Chapter 4. Confrontation as Ethics; Chapter 5. The Humanization of God; Chapter 6. Divine Concessions; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments.