"Why is the land in ruins?" (Jeremiah 9:11). Religious transgression versus natural historical process in the writing of Maimonides and his disciples
Jewish tradition interpreted the destruction of the First Temple and the ensuing exile as divine punishment for Israel's sins, particularly the sin of idolatry. Nevertheless, a different view may be discerned in some medieval writers, who interpret the destruction not as divine intervention in...
| Subtitles: | "על מה אבדה הארץ" (ירמיה ט:יא): בין חטא דתי לתהליך היסטורי טבעי אצל הרמב"ם ותלמידיו |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1998
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 69, Pages: 143-156 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Middle Ages
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament TE Middle Ages |
| Further subjects: | B
Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204)
B Bible. Jeremia 9,11 |
