Pious Irreverence
Author | : Dov Weiss |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812248357 |
ISBN-13 | : 081224835X |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pious Irreverence written by Dov Weiss and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaism is often described as a religion that tolerates, even celebrates arguments with God. In Pious Irreverence, Dov Weiss has written the first scholarly study of the premodern roots of this distinctively Jewish theology of protest, examining its origins and development in the rabbinic age (70 CE-800 CE).