Moses Maimonides on Job's Happiness and the Riddle of the Divine Transcendence

The paper explores the nature and role of divine transcendence in Maimonides by focusing on the figure of Job as he is understood by him. In the first part, I discuss Maimonides’ diagnosis of Job’s suffering. In the second, I focus on Maimonides’ analysis of the nature of its defeat, and the manners...

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Main Author: Verbin, N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2016]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 125-141
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204 / Job / God / Transcendence
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
NBC Doctrine of God
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