Paradoxes in God's Garden (eBook)

Jewish Philosophy and the Edenic Narrative

Alex S. Kohav, Ori Zarah Soltes (Herausgeber)

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2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-6981-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This edited collection offers new perspectives on perceived paradoxes in Israel's religious heritage, with a particular focus on the Garden of Eden narrative and descriptions of Israel's God. The chapters examine a number of themes related to these paradoxes, including (1) ';knowledge' versus ';life' (referencing the two Edenic trees); (2) paradoxes pertaining to knowledge in the biblical versus Socratic traditions and the Platonic ';good' versus the apparent eschewing of the good-evil dichotomy in Garden of Eden; (3) difficulties implicating finitude versus infinity; (4) God's Edenic garden versus rabbinical ';orchard,' or Pardes, the traditional fourfold manner of Torah interpretation; (5) the question of the Sd, or ';secret' esoteric stratum or narrative channel within the text of the Torah; (6) the issue of idolatry; (7) the nature of Israel's deity; (8) a comparative glimpse of the Israelite God vis--vis relevant Christian and Buddhist glosses on divinity; and (9) science-fictional explorations of the biblical exegesis discourse. The volume's contributors are based in Canada; England; Poland; Israel; and the United States.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2024
• Co-Autor: Agata Bielik-Robson, Elana Gomel, Kevin Hart, Louis Hebert, Alex S. Kohav, Michael T. Miller, Ori Z. Soltes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 1-6669-6981-8 / 1666969818
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6669-6981-8 / 9781666969818