Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosophy

by Oliver Leaman

Book Overview

In this study Oliver Leaman poses two questions: how can a powerful and caring deity allow terrible things to happen to obviously innocent people, and why have the Jewish people been so harshly treated throughout history, given their status as the chosen people? He explores these issues through an analysis of the views of Philo, Saadya, Maimonides, Gersonides, Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, and post-Holocaust thinkers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521427223
• ISBN13: 9780521427227
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"