From the Perception of Evil as Deprivation of Good to the Perception of Evil as an Opportunity for Redemption
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Jewish Thought, Evil, RedemptionAbstract
This article seeks to discuss, in a succinct way, how some Jewish philosophers have reflected on the enigma of evil. Permeated with conflicts and contradictions, Jewish thinking about evil has been discussed under the ethical and metaphysical aspects, however, always starting from the monotheistic assumption characteristic of Judaism. In the first section, the article analyzes how Maimonides (1135-1204) affirms the idea of evil as a deprivation of good. The second section of the text seeks to reflect on the divine promise of salvation based on some ideas of Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) and Joseph Dov Soloveichic (1903-1993). As a final reflection, the article argues that Judaism's response to the meaninglessness of a life of suffering hides a divine plan for building a new reality pointing to the possibility of redemption.
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