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

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copyright © 2011 University of Pennsylvania Press all rights reserved. except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United states of america on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of congress cataloging-in-Publication Data Rosen-Zvi, ishay. Demonic desires : yetzer hara and the problem of evil in late antiquity / ishay RosenZvi . — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Divinations : rereading late ancient religion) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8122-4339-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Yetzer hara (Judaism) 2. good and evil—Religious aspects—Judaism. i. title. ii. series: Divinations. BJ1406.R64 2011 296.3'16—dc22 2011011169 ‫לאבא‬ ...