Is There a “Halakhic” Response to the Problem of Evil?
On the face of it, the very title of this paper may appear puzzling. Responses to the problem of evil are by their nature theological or philosophical, whereas halakha, or Jewish law, is about behavior. In what sense, then, can there be a halakhic response to the problem of evil?
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1999
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Harvard theological review
Year: 1999, Volume: 92, Issue: 3, Pages: 311-323 |
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| Summary: | On the face of it, the very title of this paper may appear puzzling. Responses to the problem of evil are by their nature theological or philosophical, whereas halakha, or Jewish law, is about behavior. In what sense, then, can there be a halakhic response to the problem of evil? |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000003412 |