The notion that the God of the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature, "the God of the Jews," is perfectly good is challenged by apparently immoral acts—by contemporary standards—of that God, as well as by the classic problem of evil.In this book, Jerome Gellman provides ways to question and overcome these challenges, addresses the faithful who are tested by these two problems, and aims to lighten the challenges for them while preserving God's perfect goodness. He recommends replacing a God of the Jews with a different God, a "Jewish God," one in whom many traditional Jews have come to believe. Gellman also offers the traditional believer a possible theodicy explaining much evil.The book is at once analytic in style and Hasidic in broad orientation.
| ISBN: | 9781618118387 |
| Publication date: | 19th December 2019 |
| Author: | Jerome Yehuda Gellman |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah |
| Genres: |
Nature and existence of God and of the Divine Philosophy of religion Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings Theology |