THOUGHT 30715 - The Problem of Evil:The Jewish Response

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Gratz College

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One question that has troubled Judaism from its very beginning to the present day is "Why does God permit suffering " "Will the Judge of all the earth not act justly " asks Abraham in the Book of Genesis, and from biblical times to the Holocaust and today's headlines, the question has reverberated throughout Jewish tradition. By studying a variety of biblical, rabbinic, philosophical, and mystical texts, some major Jewish responses to this question will be examinDivision: College Division Department: Thought

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.gratz.edu/

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(215) 635-7300 ext 185

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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