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Arguing with God - A Jewish Tradition (Hardcover, New)
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Arguing with God - A Jewish Tradition (Hardcover, New)
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As an old proverb puts it, 'Two Jews, three opinions.' In the long,
rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic
contentiousness has often been extended even unto Heaven. Arguing
with God is a highly original and utterly absorbing study that
skates along the edge of this theological thin ice_at times verging
dangerously close to blasphemy_yet also a source of some of the
most poignant and deeply soulful expressions of human anguish and
yearning. The name Israel literally denotes one who 'wrestles with
God.' And, from Jacob's battle with the angel to Elie Wiesel's
haunting questions about the Holocaust that hang in the air like
still smoke over our own age, Rabbi Laytner admirably details
Judaism's rich and pervasive tradition of calling God to task over
human suffering and experienced injustice. It is a tradition that
originated in the biblical period itself. Abraham, Moses, Elijah,
and others all petitioned for divine intervention in their lives,
or appealed forcefully to God to alter His proposed decree. Other
biblical arguments focused on personal or communal suffering and
anger: Jeremiah, Job, and certain Psalms and Lamentations. Rabbi
Laytner delves beneath the surface of these 'blasphemies' and
reveals how they implicitly helped to refute the claims of opponent
religions and advance Jewish doctrines and teachings.
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