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Expressions of Sceptical Topoi in (Late) Antique Judaism

Expressions of Sceptical Topoi in (Late) Antique Judaism

Kiperwasser, Reuven
Herman, Geoffrey

Hardcover

Series: Studies and Texts in Scepticism, Book 12

PhilosophyJudaismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3110671441
ISBN13: 9783110671445
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Jul 19 2021
Pages: 169
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Scepticism has been the driving force in the development of Greco-Roman culture in the past, and the impetus for far-reaching scientific achievements and philosophical investigation. Early Jewish culture, in contrast, avoided creating consistent representations of its philosophical doctrines. Sceptical notions can nevertheless be found in some early Jewish literature such as the Book of Ecclesiastes. One encounters there expressions of doubt with respect to Divine justice or even Divine involvement in earthly affairs. During the first centuries of the common era, however, Jewish thought, as reflected in rabbinic works, was engaged in persistent intellectual activity devoted to the laws, norms, regulations, exegesis and other traditional areas of Jewish religious knowledge. An effort to detect sceptical ideas in ancient Judaism, therefore, requires a closer analysis of this literary heritage and its cultural context.

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