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Demonic Desires: Yetzer Hara and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity

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Demonic Desires: Yetzer Hara and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity - Rosen-Zvi, Ishay, Professor
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This study examines the concept of yetzer hara , or evil inclination. Analyzing the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the yetzer in rabbinic literature, Rosen-Zvi contends that the term should not be read under the traditional rubric of sexual desire, but rather in the context of ancient Jewish demonology.

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Demonic Desires: Yetzer Hara and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity 2011, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780812243390

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