Dov Weiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5873605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dov Weiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dov |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiss |
| SIGNATURE | WEISS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cyril of Alexandria’s Critique of “Jewish” Parental Sin
Original sin was one of the contentious issues that stood at the heart of the Catholic- Pelagian debate in the early 400’s. In recent years, patristic scholars have sought to uncover Cyril of Alexandria’s (376–444 CE ) position on this central Catholic teaching. This essay proposes that scholars have overlooked an important indicator of Cyril’s view on this matter, that is, his multi-paged critique of the theological doctrine of parental sin that…
Legends of Rabbi Akiva
Pious Irreverence
Judaism is often described as a religion that tolerates, even celebrates arguments with God. In Pious Irreverence , Dov Weiss has written the first scholarly study of the premodern roots of this distinctively Jewish theology of protest, examining its origins and development in the rabbinic age (70 CE-800 CE)
Sins of the Parents in Rabbinic and Early Christian Literature
These two factors—choice of literary genre and the acceptance or rejection of a philosophical theology—should not be regarded as completely separate points. As David Kraemer has argued, one’s religious worldview affects choice of genre, and genre in turn affects one’s religious worldview; they mutually reinforce each another.50 A philosophical theology can be expressed best via first-person ruminations; on the other hand, a mythic theology fits q…
A Legacy of Learning
Divine Concessions in the Tanhuma Midrashim
Ever since Leopold Zunz inaugurated the critical study of rabbinic literature in 1818, scholars of the school of midrash known as Tanhuma-Yelammedenu ( TY ) have given priority to analyzing questions of textual history, dating, aesthetics, form-critical issues, and the literary qualities of these texts. This scholarship has focused on questions of form rather than content; for the most part, the distinctive ideas of these texts, their values and …
The Sin of Protesting God in Rabbinic and Patristic Literature
Scholars of rabbinic literature have often noted the widespread tendency to question and argue with God in rabbinic literature. Oddly, they have largely ignored the unequivocal antiprotest traditions found in these writings. Responding to this scholarly lacuna, this essay collects anti-protest traditions of the midrash and Talmud, and explicates their exegetical and conceptual basis. In the process, the paper makes two central arguments: First, t…
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Divine Concessions in the Tanhuma Midrashim
Ever since Leopold Zunz inaugurated the critical study of rabbinic literature in 1818, scholars of the school of midrash known as Tanhuma-Yelammedenu ( TY ) have given priority to analyzing questions of textual history, dating, aesthetics, form-critical issues, and the literary qualities of these texts. This scholarship has focused on questions of form rather than content; for the most part, the distinctive ideas of these texts, their values and …
The Sin of Protesting God in Rabbinic and Patristic Literature
Scholars of rabbinic literature have often noted the widespread tendency to question and argue with God in rabbinic literature. Oddly, they have largely ignored the unequivocal antiprotest traditions found in these writings. Responding to this scholarly lacuna, this essay collects anti-protest traditions of the midrash and Talmud, and explicates their exegetical and conceptual basis. In the process, the paper makes two central arguments: First, t…
A Legacy of Learning
Pious Irreverence
Judaism is often described as a religion that tolerates, even celebrates arguments with God. In Pious Irreverence , Dov Weiss has written the first scholarly study of the premodern roots of this distinctively Jewish theology of protest, examining its origins and development in the rabbinic age (70 CE-800 CE)
Sins of the Parents in Rabbinic and Early Christian Literature
These two factors—choice of literary genre and the acceptance or rejection of a philosophical theology—should not be regarded as completely separate points. As David Kraemer has argued, one’s religious worldview affects choice of genre, and genre in turn affects one’s religious worldview; they mutually reinforce each another.50 A philosophical theology can be expressed best via first-person ruminations; on the other hand, a mythic theology fits q…
Legends of Rabbi Akiva
Cyril of Alexandria’s Critique of “Jewish” Parental Sin
Original sin was one of the contentious issues that stood at the heart of the Catholic- Pelagian debate in the early 400’s. In recent years, patristic scholars have sought to uncover Cyril of Alexandria’s (376–444 CE ) position on this central Catholic teaching. This essay proposes that scholars have overlooked an important indicator of Cyril’s view on this matter, that is, his multi-paged critique of the theological doctrine of parental sin that…
Judaism (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · History (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Church Fathers (2 works)