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Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature

Christine HayesYale University

Professor

52:53·2012·introductory level

This lecture introduces Lamentations and the Ketuvim, focusing on Wisdom Literature. It contrasts Proverbs' conventional retribution with Job's challenge to the moral world order and Ecclesiastes' skeptical perspective on life's meaning.

PhilosophyHistoryHistory of Science & LiteratureMoral & Political PhilosophyBook of LamentationsWisdom Literature

Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) (RLST 145) with Christine Hayes

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Christine Hayes

Sterling Professor of Religious Studies

Christine Hayes is a Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, specializing in classical rabbinic literature and the history of the Hebrew Bible.

1 course · 22 lecturesCanon
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