The Problem of Evil and its Symbols in Jewish and Christian Tradition (JSOT Supplement Series)

The Problem of Evil and its Symbols in Jewish and Christian Tradition......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 12
Part I: THE BIBLE......Page 14
Winfried Thiel: 'Evil' in the Books of Kings......Page 15
Yair Hoffman: Jeremiah 50–51 and the Concept of Evil in the Hebrew Bible......Page 27
Edward L. Greenstein: The Wrath at God in the Book of Lamentations......Page 42
I......Page 56
The Problem of Recompense......Page 60
II Psalms 14 and 53......Page 61
III Psalm 36......Page 65
IV Psalm 12......Page 68
Henning Graf Reventlow: The Evil Ones and the Godless: A Problem of Identity in Biblical Wisdom......Page 71
2. Speaking of the Devil from Experience......Page 81
3. The Intention in John's Speaking of the Devil......Page 83
4. Speaking of the Devil for the Sake of God......Page 85
Part II: RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND JUDAISM......Page 88
Hans-Peter Hasenfratz: Evil in the World of Religions......Page 89
Bilha Nitzan: Evil and its Symbols in the Qumran Scrolls......Page 96
Yoram Jacobson: The Concept of Evil and its Sanctification in Kabbalistic Thought......Page 110
Appendix: Some Comments on the Idea of Holiness......Page 132
Part III: SYSTEMATIC QUESTIONS......Page 136
I Augustine......Page 137
II Luther......Page 143
1. Introduction......Page 160
2. Definitions of the 'Good' and its Contradiction......Page 161
3. 'Good' is Not Simply 'Good'......Page 163
4. Is the Evil Only Deficiency?......Page 164
5. Tendencies to Define Evil......Page 165
6. The Ambivalence of 'Good'......Page 166
7. The Consequences......Page 167
8. Moralism Missing the Force of Evil......Page 168
Christian Link: The Riddle of Evil – The Auschwitz-Question......Page 170
1. Evil - a Parasitic Regulation System......Page 171
2. The Rationality of Evil......Page 174
3. Evil — a Question to God?......Page 178
1. The Complexity of the Topic......Page 181
2. The Presence of the Topic......Page 182
3. The Topic in Contemporary Religious Education......Page 183
4. The Horror Film as Paradigm......Page 184
5. Life-styles and Symbols of Evil - Youth-sociological and Youth-cultural Aspects......Page 186
Part IV: MODERN LITERATURE......Page 190
Yochai Oppenheimer: The Question of Evil in Israeli Holocaust Fiction......Page 191
1. Holocaust and Language......Page 192
2. Evil and Subjectivity......Page 193
3. 'The Grey Zone' versus 'The Banality of Evil'......Page 196
4. The Duplicity of Nazi Evil......Page 197
5. The Distribution of Evil......Page 199
6. Sideshadowing and Parody......Page 200
7. Conclusion......Page 204
Bibliography......Page 206
Index of References......Page 222
D......Page 230
K......Page 231
S......Page 232
Z......Page 233