Screen LibraryDemonic desires : "yetzer hara" and the problem of evil in late antiquity /
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 Jewi...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204209 |
| Index Number: | BJ1406 |
| CLC: | B985 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. The Riddle, or: How Did the Evil Yetzer Become a Mighty King? -- Chapter 1. "The Torah Spoke Regarding the Yetzer": Tannaitic Literature -- Chapter 2. Yetzer and Other Demons: Patristic Parallels -- Chapter 3. Yetzer at Qumran: Proto-Rabbinic? -- Chapter 4. Coming of Age: Amoraic Yetzer -- Chapter 5. Refuting the Yetzer: The Limits of Rabbinic Discursive Worlds -- Chapter 6. Sexualizing the Yetzer -- Chapter 7. Weak Like a Female, Strong Like a Male: Yetzer and Gender -- Afterword. Toward a Genealogy of the Rabbinic Subject -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Source Index -- Acknowledgments. |