Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism

Dov Weiss

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Pious Irreverence

Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism

Dov Weiss

In the series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293050

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Judaism is often described as a religion that tolerates, even celebrates arguments with God. In Pious Irreverence, Dov Weiss has written the first scholarly study of the premodern roots of this distinctively Jewish theology of protest, examining its origins and development in the rabbinic age (70 CE-800 CE).

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Dov Weiss teaches religion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reviews

"In Pious Irreverence, Dov Weiss makes numerous important contributions: He traces the existence of an antiprotest tradition in rabbinic Judaism from the tannaitic period to the amoraic; he identifies fascinating differences between the ways Jewish and Christian antiprotestors quarantine biblical protests; and most importantly, he underscores the crucial role of the Tanhuma-Yelammedenu literature in radicalizing the protest tradition."—Tzvi Novick, University of Notre Dame

"The question of God's injustice is eternal. In bringing us such a trove of sources and in laying them out in an ordered form, Weiss has provided not only a scholarly but also a theological gift."—Reviews in Religion & Theology

"Pious Irreverence is a well-conceived and highly original work that asks to what extent and in what way the human may confront divinity, considering the evident imperfections in divinely created reality. Dov Weiss makes a major contribution to the study of rabbinic literature and demonstrates remarkably wide expertise also in early Christian and Patristic texts, contemporary studies of Judaism and Christianity, and literary theory."—Marc Bregman, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
A Note on Manuscripts, Critical Editions, and Translations Used in the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Confrontation as Sin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 2. From Sin to Virtue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 3. Varieties of Confrontation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
Chapter 4. Confrontation as Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 5. The Humanization of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 6. Divine Concessions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Keywords: Religion; Jewish Studies; Religious Studies

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Published: July 12, 2016
ISBN: 9780812293050