{"product_id":"pious-irreverence-9780812248357","title":"Pious Irreverence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudaism 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The question of God's injustice is eternal. In bringing us such a trove of sources and in laying them out in an ordered form, Weiss has provided not only a scholarly but also a theological gift.\" * \u003ci\u003eReviews in Religion \u0026amp; Theology\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePious Irreverence\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-conceived and highly original work that asks to what extent and in what way the human may confront divinity, considering the evident imperfections in divinely created reality. Dov Weiss makes a major contribution to the study of rabbinic literature and demonstrates remarkably wide expertise also in early Christian and Patristic texts, contemporary studies of Judaism and Christianity, and literary theory.\" * Marc Bregman, University of North Carolina, Greensboro *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003ePious Irreverence\u003c\/i\u003e, Dov Weiss makes numerous important contributions: He traces the existence of an antiprotest tradition in rabbinic Judaism from the tannaitic period to the amoraic; he identifies fascinating differences between the ways Jewish and Christian antiprotestors quarantine biblical protests; and most importantly, he underscores the crucial role of the \u003ci\u003eTanhuma-Yelammedenu\u003c\/i\u003e literature in radicalizing the protest tradition.\" * Tzvi Novick, University of Notre Dame *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Confrontation as Sin\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. From Sin to Virtue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Varieties of Confrontation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Confrontation as Ethics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Humanization of God\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Divine Concessions\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405728162135,"sku":"9780812248357","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812248357.jpg?v=1730493417","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pious-irreverence-9780812248357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}