Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the Problem of Evil

Princeton University Press (2006)
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In Out of Eden, Paul W. Kahn offers a philosophical meditation on the problem of evil. He uses the Genesis story of the Fall as the starting point for a profound articulation of the human condition.

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2009, 2010

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9780691148120   0691148120   9780691126937   9781400827442   0691126933

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10.1515/9781400827442
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Acknowledgments.  (pages vii-x)Paul W. Kahn
Contents.  (pages v-vi)Paul W. Kahn
Introduction:The Study of Evil.  (pages 1-15)Paul W. Kahn
Chapter one: A Preliminary Meditation on Oedipus and Adam.  (pages 16-52)Paul W. Kahn
Chapter two: Evil and the Image of the Sacred.  (pages 53-105)Paul W. Kahn
Chapter three: Love and Evil.  (pages 106-142)Paul W. Kahn
Chapter four: Political Evil: Slavery and the Shame of Nature.  (pages 143-173)Paul W. Kahn
Chapter five: Political Evil: Killing, Sacrifice, and the Image of God.  (pages 174-210)Paul W. Kahn
Conclusion: Tragedy, Comedy, And The Banality Of Evil.  (pages 211-222)Paul W. Kahn
Index.  (pages 223-232)Paul W. Kahn

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