Arguing with God by Anson H. Laytner - 9780765760258

Arguing with GodA Jewish Tradition\nAuthor(s): Anson H. Laytner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Jason Aronson Publishers, United States\nImprint: Jason Aronson Publishers\nISBN-13: 9780765760258, 978-0765760258\nSynopsis\nAs an old proverb puts it, 'Two Jews, three opinions.' In the long, rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic contentiousness has often been extended even unto Heaven. Arguing with God is a highly original and utterly absorbing study that skates along the edge of this theological thin ice_at times verging dangerously close to blasphemy_yet also a source of some of the most poignant and deeply soulful expressions of human anguish and yearning.\nThe name Israel literally denotes one who 'wrestles with God.' And, from Jacob's battle with the angel to Elie Wiesel's haunting questions about the Holocaust that hang in the air like still smoke over our own age, Rabbi Laytner admirably details Judaism's rich and pervasive tradition of calling God to .