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The theology of the oral Torah : revealing the justice of God

Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion., Series two.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Theology of the Oral Torah demonstrates the cogency and inner rationality of the classical statement of Judaism in the Oral Torah, bringing a theological assessment to bear on the whole of rabbinic literature. Jacob Neusner shows how the proposition that God is One and all-powerful but also merciful and just defines the system and structure of rabbinic Judaism.

He argues that in working this proposition out in  Read more...

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Named Person: God (Judaism)
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jacob Neusner
ISBN: 0773518029 9780773518025
OCLC Number: 40535103
Description: xxvii, 699 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Imagining Eden and Re-presenting the Result --
pt. I. Sources of World Order. 2. The Moral Order: Reward and Punishment. 3. The Political Order: Israel and the Torah. 4. The Political Order: The Gentiles and Idolatry. 5. Ordering the Ultimate Anomaly: Private Lives --
pt. II. Perfecting World Order. 6. World beyond Time. 7. World without Change. 8. Complementarity. 9. Correspondence --
pt. III. Sources of World Disorder. 10. Intentionality. 11. Sin --
pt. IV. Restoring World Order. 12. Repentance and Atonement. 13. Restoring Private Lives: Resurrection. 14. Restoring the Public Order: The World to Come. 15. Before and After.
Series Title: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion., Series two.
Responsibility: Jacob Neusner.
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Abstract:

"The Theology of the Oral Torah demonstrates the cogency and inner rationality of the classical statement of Judaism in the Oral Torah, bringing a theological assessment to bear on the whole of rabbinic literature. Jacob Neusner shows how the proposition that God is One and all-powerful but also merciful and just defines the system and structure of rabbinic Judaism.

He argues that in working this proposition out in rich detail the classical texts generate the central rabbinic problem: how can the conflicting traits inherent in the proposition be resolved?"--Jacket.

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