E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten
Reihe: Progress in Mathematics
Ben-Sasson Understanding YHWH
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-32312-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The Name of God in Biblical, Rabbinic, and Medieval Jewish Thought
E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten
Reihe: Progress in Mathematics
ISBN: 978-3-030-32312-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book unlocks the Jewish theology of YHWH in three central stages of Jewish thought: the Hebrew bible, rabbinic literature, and medieval philosophy and mysticism. Providing a single conceptual key adapted from the philosophical debate on proper names, the book paints a dynamic picture of YHWH’s meanings over a spectrum of periods and genres, portraying an evolving interaction between two theological motivations: the wish to speak about God and the wish to speak to Him. Through this investigation, the book shows how Jews interpreted God's name in attempt to map the human-God relation, and to determine the measure of possibility for believers to realize a divine presence in their midst, through language.




