Responses to suffering in classical rabbinic literature
By: David Kraemer.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
First sentence: Suffering and injustice have forever been part of human experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Canonical Foundation; title: Other Jews, Other Responses; title: Early Rabbinic Responses: Mishnah and Avot; title: Early Rabbinic Responses: The Tosefta; title: Early Rabbinic Responses: The Halakhic Midrashim; title: Later Palestinian Documents: The Yerushalmi; title: Later Palestinian Documents: The Aggadic Midrashim; title: The Bavli: Canonical Echoes, Intimations of Dissent; title: The Bavli Rebels; title: Summary and Conclusions