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A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry from the Academy of Parish Clergy Who—or what—is God? Is God like a person? Does God have a gender? Does God have a special relationship with the Jewish people? Does God intervene in our lives? Is God good—and, if yes, why does evil persist in the world? In investigating how Jewish thinkers have approached these and other questions, Rabbi Kari H. Tuling elucidates many compelling—and contrasting—ways of thinking about God in Jewish tradition. Thinking about God addresses the genuinely intertextual nature of evolving Jewish God concepts. Just as in Jewish thought the Bible and other historical texts are living documents, still present and relevant to the conversation unfolding now, and just as a Jewish theologian examining a core concept responds to the full tapestry of Jewish thought on the subject all at once, this book is organized topically, covers Jewish sources (including liturgy) from the biblical to the postmodern era, and highlights the interplay between texts over time, up through our own era. A highly accessible resource for introductory students, Thinking about God also makes important yet challenging theological texts understandable. By breaking down each selected text into its core components, Tuling helps the reader absorb it both on its own terms and in the context of essential theological questions of the ages. Readers of all backgrounds will discover new ways to contemplate God. Access a study guide.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Is God the Creator and Source of All Being—Including Evil? 1. What Does It Mean to Say That God Created the World? 1.1. A Biblical View: In the Image of God 1.2. From the Liturgy: God Renews Creation Day by Day 1.3. A Rabbinic View: The Trouble with Angels 1.4. A Medieval View: Ibn Pakuda’s Logical Analysis 1.5. A Modern View: Green’s Divine Helpmate 1.6. A Modern View: Kushner’s Sermon 1.7. Summary of Views 1.8. Meaning of the Seven-Day Creation Narrative 1.9. Intended Role of Humanity 2. How Does Evil Exist in a World with a Good God? 2.1. A Biblical View: Romping in the Garden of Eden 2.2. From the Liturgy: The Soul You Have Given Me Is Pure 2.3. A Rabbinic View: The Impulse to Good and the Impulse to Evil 2.4. A Medieval View: Maimonides on Adam’s Sin 2.5. A Modern View: Cohen on God’s Holiness 2.6. A Modern View: Kushner on Bad Things That Happen 2.7. Summary of Views 2.8. The Question of Free Will 2.9. Why Does God Allow Evil to Exist? Part 2. Does God Have a Personality—or Is God an Impersonal Force? 3. Is God Like a Person? 3.1. A Biblical View: Moses Asks to Behold God’s Presence 3.2. From the Liturgy: Forgiveness and God’s Body 3.3. A Rabbinic View: Where Is God’s Place? 3.4. A Medieval View: Maimonides and the Attributes of Action 3.5. A Modern View: Buber’s Dialogic Approach 3.6. A Modern View: Green’s Non-Dualism 3.7. Summary of Views 3.8. Thinking of God as a Person 3.9. Imagining a Personal God vs. Imagining God as an Impersonal Force 4. Does God Have a Gender? 4.1. A Biblical View: What Does Gender Have to Do with It? 4.2. From the Liturgy: Our Father, Our King 4.3. A Rabbinic View: God’s Fire and the Patriarchy 4.4. A Medieval View: Scholem Explains the Rise of the Shekhinah 4.5. A Modern View: Plaskow’s Feminist Critique 4.6. A Modern View: Adler and the “Pudding Stone” 4.7. A Modern View: Falk’s Poetic Rewrite 4.8. Summary of Views 4.9. Implications of Masculine Images of God 4.10. Rethinking the Meaning of Traditional Texts with Male Imagery 5. What Does It Mean to Declare God Is One? 5.1. A Biblical View: Hear, O Israel 5.2. From the Liturgy: The Shema and Its Blessings 5.3. A Rabbinic View: A Deathbed Shema 5.4. A Medieval View: Maimonides’ Meditation 5.5. A Modern View: Schneerson’s Explicit Mysticism 5.6. A Modern View: Soloveitchik Is Ever the Rationalist 5.7. A Modern View: Schachter-Shalomi’s Embodied Prayer 5.8. Summary of Views 5.9. The Meaning of Bearing Witness to God’s Oneness 5.10. Praying as One (Community) Part 3. Does God Redeem—or Might God Not Redeem? 6. Does God Intervene in Our Lives? 6.1. A Biblical View: Hannah Prays for a Son 6.2. From the Liturgy: A Tkhines for Pregnancy 6.3. A Rabbinic View: Hannah Persuades God to Act 6.4. A Medieval View: Ibn Pakuda Argues for Predetermination 6.5. A Modern View: Heschel’s Partnership with God 6.6. A Modern View: Kaplan’s Rejection of Supernaturalism 6.7. Summary of Views 6.8. Does God Act on Behalf of the Jewish Community? 6.9. Is the Creation of the State of Israel Evidence of Divine Providence? 7. Does God Intervene in History? 7.1. A Biblical View: What Was Meant for Evil, God Meant for Good 7.2. From the Liturgy: The Martyrdom of Jewish Sages 7.3. A Rabbinic View: Why Does Suffering Happen? 7.4. A Medieval View: Meir ben Baruch Memorializes the Talmud 7.5. A Modern View: Cohen and the Suffering Servant 7.6. A Modern View: Rubenstein and the Death of God 7.7. A Modern View: Jonas Offers a New Mythic Structure 7.8. A Modern View: Greenberg Senses God’s Suffering 7.9. Summary of Views 7.10. Why Was God Silent during the Holocaust? 7.11. Suffering and the Human-God Relationship Part 4. Is God a Covenantal Partner and Lawgiver—or Might These Roles Be Rethought in the Modern Age? 8. What is the Relationship between God and Israel? 8.1. A Biblical View: Enacting a Covenant 8.2. From the Liturgy: Shabbat Reenacts the Covenant 8.3. A Rabbinic View: Where Is the Evidence of God’s Love? 8.4. A Medieval View: Halevi’s Defense of the “Despised Faith” 8.5. A Modern View: Soloveitchik’s Mathematical Approach 8.6. A Modern View: Borowitz’s Metaphorical Covenant 8.7. A Modern View: Fishbane’s Hermeneutical Theology 8.8. A Modern View: Hartman’s “Autoimmune Disease” 8.9. Summary of Views 8.10. Meaning of Enacting the Covenant 8.11. Covenant as Metaphor 9. Is It a Binding Covenant? 9.1. A Biblical View: Preparing for Revelation 9.2. From the Liturgy: With Great Love 9.3. A Rabbinic View: God Holds Sinai over Their Heads 9.4. A Medieval View: Ibn Pakuda and the Duty to Obey 9.5. A Modern View: Rosenzweig’s Universal Love 9.6. A Modern View: Novak’s Concern for Human Rights 9.7. Summary of Views 9.8. Is the Covenant Binding if the Bible Was Not Revealed by God? 9.9. Existing Peacefully in a Pluralistic World 10. How Should the Revealed Law Be Understood? 10.1. A Biblical View: It Is Not in Heaven 10.2. From the Liturgy: This Is the Torah 10.3. A Rabbinic View: Halakhah according to the Rabbinic Majority 10.4. A Medieval View: Saadia on Why Prophecy Is Needed 10.5. A Modern View: Steinberg on Who Is Fit to Interpret Revealed Law 10.6. A Modern View: Heschel’s Understanding of Revelation 10.7. Summary of Views 10.8. Accounting for the Rise of Literalism 10.9. Reimagining a Foundational Document Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780827613010
  • Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
  • Publisher Imprint: Jewish Publication Society
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 424
  • Series Title: JPS Essential Judaism
  • Sub Title: Jewish Views
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0827613016
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 544 gr


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