Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of GodIn The Theology of the Oral Torah Neusner crafts the central conceptions of rabbinic Judaism into a rigorous, coherent argument by setting forth four cogent principles: that God formed creation in accord with a plan which the Torah reveals; that the perfection of creation is signified by the conformity of human affairs to a few enduring paradigms that transcend change; that Israel's condition, public and personal, is indicative of flaws in creation; and that God will ultimately restore the perfection embodied in his plan for creation. A masterful and original construction of theology of rabbinic Judaism, Neusner's story of the Oral Torah is also remarkably familiar - the emphasis is still on man's sin and God's response, God's justice and mercy, and the human mirroring of God through the possession of the power of will. The Theology of the Oral Torah is part of Neusner's ongoing major project - the construction of theology of rabbinic Judaism - a project which rivals in its scope that of the great Maimonides or, in Christian theology, that of Thomas Aquinas's Summa. |
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... refer only to men , they signal that intent in a loud and clear fashion . ( That as everyone knows - an implicit male bias pervades the whole forms a trivial banality . ) In any event , in Rabbinic literature , β man / Adam / heβ ordi ...
... refer only to men , they signal that intent in a loud and clear fashion . ( That as everyone knows - an implicit male bias pervades the whole forms a trivial banality . ) In any event , in Rabbinic literature , β man / Adam / heβ ordi ...
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... refers only to the Torah , as Scripture says , β The Lord made me as the beginning of his way " ( Prov . 8:22 ) . In the Torah God wrote out the record of his plans and acts . Read rightly , the laws of the Torah yield law for the wise ...
... refers only to the Torah , as Scripture says , β The Lord made me as the beginning of his way " ( Prov . 8:22 ) . In the Torah God wrote out the record of his plans and acts . Read rightly , the laws of the Torah yield law for the wise ...
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... both the evidence that is adduced , in balance and proportion , and also encompasses that much larger corpus of evidence that cannot be adduced but only adumbrated . For that last judgment I refer in the end to 42 Prologue.
... both the evidence that is adduced , in balance and proportion , and also encompasses that much larger corpus of evidence that cannot be adduced but only adumbrated . For that last judgment I refer in the end to 42 Prologue.
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Revealing the Justice of God Jacob Neusner. For that last judgment I refer in the end to what words are meant to embody but cannot exhaustively portray . That is the faith of holy Israel in its life with God through the Torah , the life ...
Revealing the Justice of God Jacob Neusner. For that last judgment I refer in the end to what words are meant to embody but cannot exhaustively portray . That is the faith of holy Israel in its life with God through the Torah , the life ...
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Contents
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SOURCES OF WORLD ORDER | 49 |
PERFECTING WORLD ORDER | 239 |
SOURCES OF WORLD DISORDER | 409 |
RESTORING WORLD ORDER | 509 |
EPILOGUE | 639 |
15 Before and After | 641 |
Index of Subjects | 671 |
Index of References to Ancient Texts | 675 |
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Abraham Aqiba arrogance Babylonia BAVLI-TRACTATE blessed bring chapter comes commandments context creation Day of Atonement dead death deeds defined Deut earth Edom Egypt Eleazar encompasses eternal evil exile explain fact father following verse GENESIS RABBAH gentiles God's governs Halakhah hand Heaven Holy human idolatry idols intentionality Isaac Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Judah Judaism judgment justice king kingdom Land of Israel LEVITICUS RABBAH live logic Lord man's matter meaning mercy Messiah Mishnah MISHNAH-TRACTATE Moses nations Oral Torah paradigm paradigmatic person political prayer present principle prophets proposition punishment Rabbi redemption refers relationship repentance response restoration resurrection righteous rules sages SANHEDRIN Scripture says sequence SHABBAT Sinai sins statement story suffering systematic Talmud Tannaite Tannaite authority Temple theology things tion Torah-study Tosefta TRACTATE traits transgression unclean verse of Scripture wicked word world order Written Torah Yohanan zekhut