The God of Traumatic Theodicy: Judgment on Israel and the End Times
A deep analysis of the problem of evil and Israel's suffering after the Temple destruction
Course Instructors
To Be Announced
Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies
Details
A deep analysis of the problem of evil and Israel's suffering after the destruction of the Temple (70 CE). Focuses on the concept of God's plan being incomprehensible and the source of intense anguish over national fate and the timing of the end of the age.
Course Curriculum
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What You Will Learn
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Post-70 CE Trauma: Examine theological responses to Temple destruction
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Divine Mystery: Study incomprehensible divine plan concepts
FAQs
The destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE created a theological crisis that generated intense apocalyptic literature addressing God's seeming abandonment.
Texts like 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch struggle with why a righteous God would allow such catastrophic suffering to His chosen people.
Themes include urgent end-times expectation, messianic hope, and attempts to calculate the timing of divine intervention.
What is in this course?
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Duration : 1 Days
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Class Start Date : 2026-02-01
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Theodicy Study : Examine responses to suffering in Jewish literature
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Apocalyptic Analysis : Understand end-times speculation after national trauma
