Joshua A. Berman. Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xii + 307 pp.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0364009419000072
Abstract: Joshua Berman, senior lecturer in the Department of Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University, has provided the field of biblical studies with a groundbreaking monograph. Though certain chapters have been published previously (e.g., chap. 3 was… read more here.
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Nathaniel Berman. Divine and Demonic in the Poetic Mythology of the Zohar: The “Other Side” of Kabbalah. Leiden: Brill, 2018. xiv + 312 pp.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0364009420000240
Abstract: Evil is the theological scandal that won’t go away. In Zohar scholarship, Isaiah Tishby’s twofold approach to the problem of evil has largely been a settled matter. Tishby proffered two options—the Neoplatonic and the dualistic… read more here.
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Sarah Stroumsa. Andalus and Sefarad: On Philosophy and Its History in Islamic Spain. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019. xvii + 220 pp.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0364009420000264
Abstract: mythical speculation. It is in this respect that Berman’s argument emphasizing the polysemy of the Zohar does not go far enough. Behind these texts stands an authorship that promotes devotion and piety in addition to… read more here.
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