Rom-Shiloni, Dalit

Voices from the Ruins: Theodicy and the Fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible - Grand Rapids, Michigan William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2021 - 562p 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-512) and indexes.

Subject(s): Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) | Bible. Old Testament -- Theology | Theodicy -- Biblical teaching | God -- Biblical teaching | Providence and government of God -- Judaism
1. Justification, doubt, and protest in sixth-century Biblical literature
2. Studying religious thought
3.Multiplicity of voices and diversity of thought
4. Summary and a proposal
God as King
6. God as warrior
7.God is called upon to fight for his people
8. God summons the enermy
9. God as the enemy
10. God as judge and divine justice
11. God visits the guilt of the parents upon the children, the present generation
12. God and the attribute of Mercy
13. Summary and conclusions

"An examination of the Hebrew Bible's theological discourse in the face of the catastrophic events of the Neo-Babylonian exiles and the destruction of the Jerusalem temple"--Provided by publisher.

9780802878601

2020046889

B83 / R660