The notion that the God of the Hebrew Bible and rabbinic literature, "the God of the Jews," is perfectly good is challenged by apparently immoral acts-by contemporary standards-of that God, as well as by the classic problem of evil.In this book, Jerome Gellman provides ways to question and overcome these challenges, addresses the faithful who are tested by these two problems, and aims to lighten the challenges for them while preserving God's perfect goodness. He recommends replacing a God of the Jews with a different God, a "Jewish God," one in whom many traditional Jews have come to believe. Gellman also offers the traditional believer a possible theodicy explaining much evil.The book is at once analytic in style and Hasidic in broad orientation.

About the Author

Jerome Yehuda Gellman is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Gellman has been a fellow at the Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, at the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions, and at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He has published widely in the fields of philosophy of religion and Jewish thought.

Reviews
"This book is highly recommended mainly for academic libraries with collections that seek to collect books on Jewish theology, philosophy and ethics. - AJL Reviews



Book Information
ISBN 9781618118387
Author Jerome (Yehuda) Gellman
Format Hardback
Page Count 202
Imprint Academic Studies Press
Publisher Academic Studies Press