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The question of God's perfection : Jewish and Christian essays on the God of the Bible and Talmud

Title
The question of God's perfection : Jewish and Christian essays on the God of the Bible and Talmud / edited by Yoram Hazony and Dru Johnson.
Publication
  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Rodopi, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • Hazony, Yoram
  • Johnson, Dru
Description
viii, 230 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
Philosophers have often described theism as the belief in the existence of a "perfect being"--A being that is said to possess all possible perfections, so that it is all-powerful, all-knowing, immutable, perfectly good, perfectly simple, and necessarily existent, among other qualities. But such a theology is difficult to reconcile with the God we find in the Bible and Talmud. The Question of God's Perfection brings together leading scholars from the Jewish and Christian traditions to critically examine the theology of perfect being in light of the Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic sources. Contributors are James A. Diamond, Lenn E. Goodman, Edward C. Halper, Yoram Hazony, Dru Johnson, Brian Leftow, Berel Dov Lerner, Alan L. Mittleman, Heather C. Ohaneson, Randy Ramal, Eleonore Stump, Alex Sztuden, and Joshua I. Weinstein.
Series Statement
Philosophy of Religion. World Religions, 2210-481x ; volume 8
Uniform Title
Philosophy of religion. World religions ; 8.
Subject
  • Talmud
  • Bible
  • God (Christianity)
  • God (Judaism)
  • God > Attributes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Is God "perfect being"? / Yoram Hazony -- God the walker / Berel Dov Lerner -- The living God: on the perfection of the imperfect / James A. Diamond -- The personal God of classical theism / Eleonore Stump -- Toward a more perfect idea of God / Lenn E. Goodman -- Perfect being theology and friendship / Brian Leftow -- Trusting God and being ourselves / Alan L. Mittleman -- Anger and divine perfection / Edward C. Halper -- Omnipotence is no perfection: rabbinic conceptions of God's power, knowledge, and pursuit of justice / Alex Sztuden -- On how not to "sublime" God's perfection / Randy Ramal -- Unifying the name of God / Joshua L Weinstein -- Turning from the perfection of God to the wondrousness of God: redirecting philosophical-theological attention in order to preserve humility / Heather C. Ohaneson
Call Number
JFE 19-8192
ISBN
  • 9789004387959
  • 9004387951
OCLC
  • 1056198672
  • 1056198672
Title
The question of God's perfection : Jewish and Christian essays on the God of the Bible and Talmud / edited by Yoram Hazony and Dru Johnson.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Rodopi, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Philosophy of Religion. World Religions, 2210-481x ; volume 8
Philosophy of religion. World religions ; 8.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Hazony, Yoram, editor.
Johnson, Dru, editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 19-8192
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