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Demonic Desires: "Yetzer Hara" and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Demonic Desires: "Yetzer Hara" and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Ishay Rosen-Zvi
This study examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination. Analyzing the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the yetzer in rabbinic literature, Rosen-Zvi contends that the term should not be read under the traditional rubric of sexual desire, but rather in the context of ancient Jewish demonology.
264 pages
| Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
| Lançado | 13 de outubro de 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812243390 |
| Editoras | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Páginas | 264 |
| Dimensões | 152 × 229 × 30 mm · 521 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |