When Judaism Lost the Temple: Crisis and Response in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch

by Lydia Gore-Jones

This book presents a study of religious thought in two Jewish apocalypses, 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, written as a response to the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple by the Romans in 70 CE. The true nature of the crisis is the perceived loss of covenantal relationship between God and Israel, and the Jewish identity that is under threat. Discussions of various aspects of thought, including those conventionally termed theodicy, particularism and universalism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503586961
• ISBN13: 9782503586960
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 10.8"