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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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- 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
- 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 8Philosophy 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