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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... statement of Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age , the first six centuries of the Common Era . The writings , read all together and all at once as a single coherent statement , portray the reason why things are now as they are . And ...
... statement of Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age , the first six centuries of the Common Era . The writings , read all together and all at once as a single coherent statement , portray the reason why things are now as they are . And ...
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... statement in detail of that view in general suffices to call attention to the regularities and order , the correspondences , that the sages found linked nature and man in a perfect match . To the sages , stating the matter very sim- ply ...
... statement in detail of that view in general suffices to call attention to the regularities and order , the correspondences , that the sages found linked nature and man in a perfect match . To the sages , stating the matter very sim- ply ...
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... statement exactly what , to begin with , the Written Torah - ancient Israelite Scripture - says . The four units of the heart of the book therefore show how the Oral Torah advances generative propositions . These are as follows : 1 ...
... statement exactly what , to begin with , the Written Torah - ancient Israelite Scripture - says . The four units of the heart of the book therefore show how the Oral Torah advances generative propositions . These are as follows : 1 ...
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... statement ; or in some other significant way signals will be given to accord privilege to the statement cited or alluded to in these pages as representative of the structure and system of Rabbinic Judaism seen whole , in proportion , as ...
... statement ; or in some other significant way signals will be given to accord privilege to the statement cited or alluded to in these pages as representative of the structure and system of Rabbinic Judaism seen whole , in proportion , as ...
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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