{"product_id":"demonic-desires-yetzer-hara-and-the-problem-of-evil-in-late-antiquity-hardcover-1","title":"Demonic Desires: Yetzer Hara and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIshay Rosen-Zvi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDemonic Desires\u003c\/i\u003e, Ishay Rosen-Zvi examines the concept of \u003ci\u003eyetzer hara\u003c\/i\u003e, or evil inclination, and its evolution in biblical and rabbinic literature. Contrary to existing scholarship, which reads the term under the rubric of destructive sexual desire, Rosen-Zvi contends that in late antiquity the \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e represents a general tendency toward evil. Rather than the lower bodily part of a human, the rabbinic \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e is a wicked, sophisticated inciter, attempting to snare humans to sin. The rabbinic \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e should therefore not be read in the tradition of the Hellenistic quest for control over the lower parts of the psyche, writes Rosen-Zvi, but rather in the tradition of ancient Jewish and Christian demonology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosen-Zvi conducts a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the some one hundred and fifty appearances of the evil \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e in classical rabbinic literature to explore the biblical and postbiblical search for the sources of human sinfulness. By examining the \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e within a specific demonological tradition, \u003ci\u003eDemonic Desires\u003c\/i\u003e places the \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e discourse in the larger context of a move toward psychologization in late antiquity, in which evil--and even demons--became internalized within the human psyche. The book discusses various manifestations of this move in patristic and monastic material, from Clement and Origin to Antony, Athanasius, and Evagrius. It concludes with a consideration of the broader implications of the \u003ci\u003eyetzer\u003c\/i\u003e discourse in rabbinic anthropology.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIshay Rosen-Zvi is Associate Professor of Hebrew Culture at Tel Aviv University, where he serves as the head of the Talmud and late antiquity section. He is also a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596765073504,"sku":"9780812243390","price":153.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/blErNkNrU1N4bEVid0p2WVVOSnR5Zz09.webp?v=1771653315","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/demonic-desires-yetzer-hara-and-the-problem-of-evil-in-late-antiquity-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}