Demonic Desires : : "Yetzer Hara" and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity / / Ishay Rosen-Zvi.
In Demonic Desires, Ishay Rosen-Zvi examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and its evolution in biblical and rabbinic literature. Contrary to existing scholarship, which reads the term under the rubric of destructive sexual desire, Rosen-Zvi contends that in late antiquity the yet...
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Rosen-Zvi, Ishay, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Demonic Desires : "Yetzer Hara" and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity / Ishay Rosen-Zvi. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011] ©2012 1 online resource (264 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Demonic Desires, Ishay Rosen-Zvi examines the concept of yetzer hara, or evil inclination, and its evolution in biblical and rabbinic literature. Contrary to existing scholarship, which reads the term under the rubric of destructive sexual desire, Rosen-Zvi contends that in late antiquity the yetzer represents a general tendency toward evil. Rather than the lower bodily part of a human, the rabbinic yetzer is a wicked, sophisticated inciter, attempting to snare humans to sin. The rabbinic yetzer should therefore not be read in the tradition of the Hellenistic quest for control over the lower parts of the psyche, writes Rosen-Zvi, but rather in the tradition of ancient Jewish and Christian demonology.Rosen-Zvi conducts a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the evil yetzer in classical rabbinic literature to explore the biblical and postbiblical search for the sources of human sinfulness. By examining the yetzer within a specific demonological tradition, Demonic Desires places the yetzer discourse in the larger context of a move toward psychologization in late antiquity, in which evil-and even demons-became internalized within the human psyche. The book discusses various manifestations of this move in patristic and monastic material, from Clement and Origin to Antony, Athanasius, and Evagrius. It concludes with a consideration of the broader implications of the yetzer discourse in rabbinic anthropology. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) Good and evil Religious aspects Judaism. RELIGION Judaism History. Yetzer hara (Judaism). Religious Studies. RELIGION / Judaism / History. bisacsh Ancient Studies. History. Religion. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection 9783110413458 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Religion 9783110413588 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812243390 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204209 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812204209 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812204209/original |
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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 |
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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 |
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