Sin, Suffering, and the Problem of Evil

Der vorliegende Band versammelt Beiträge über Sünde, Leid und das Böse, wie diese Themen in der Hebräischen Bibel behandelt werden. Er erörtert auch, wie sie sich im Laufe der Geschichte auf die menschliche Erfahrung von Leid ausgewirkt haben.Blaženka Scheuer/David Willgren Davage: Introduction

Part I: The Hebrew Bible in General
John Barton: God and Evil in the Hebrew Bible – Hermann Spieckermann: God in Conflict With Evil: Comfort, Repentance, and Compassion as Options of Divine Agency – Erik Aurelius: Sin Without Suffering? On One Function of Intercession in the Biblical Scriptures – Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme: Downing One's Destiny: Drinking and Judgement in the Hebrew Bible – Ola Wikander: Good Sun, Evil Sun, Eternal Sun: Biblical, Central Semitic, and Afro-Asiatic Perspectives – Göran Eidevall: Sad as a Bird: On Avian Metaphors in Biblical Depictions of Human Suffering – Kristin Joachimsen: Israel's Sin and Survival in Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 9–10

Part II: Particular Books in the Hebrew Bible
David Willgren Davage: Sin Without Grace? A Fresh Look at the Theological Significance of היום לרוח in Genesis 3:8 – Kåre Berge: Subjectivity, the Uncanny Other, and a Deconstructive Reading of Evil in the Exodus Narrative – Corinna Körting: Yom Kippur (Lev 16): A Complex Ritual Beyond Space and Time – Antti Laato: Understanding Ezekiel 18 in Its Literary Context – Karl William Weyde: Malachi 3:13–21 and the Problem of God's Justice in the Time of the Second Temple – Else Holt: Simul Justus et Peccator: Suffering and Sin in Lamentations – LarsOlov Eriksson: »Give Light to My Eyes«: Psalm 13 Through the Eyes of Some Commentators – Åke Viberg: Metaphors of Evil: An Application of Cognitive Metaphor Theory on Imagery of Evil in the Book of Psalms – Terje Stordalen: Suffering and Identity in the Book of Job

Part III: Reception History of Hebrew Bible Traditions
Sten Hidal: Was There a Doctrine of Original Sin in Early Syriac Christianity? – Gunnlaugur A. Jónsson: Straws and a Tearful Blossom: Sin, Suffering, and Historical Background in Psalm 90 and Iceland's National Anthem – Elisabet Nord: Lost For Words: Psalms and Prayer at Dachau – Blaženka Scheuer: Genesis, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Evil