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==Theodicy== |
==Theodicy== |
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In Talmudic literature, the requirement to send away the mother bird is a locus classicus for discussion of [[theodicy]]. One example of this is in[http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/b/l/l3701_039b.htm Kiddushin 39b] which discusses the problem whether the reward for commandments in in this world or the next. In addition, the Talmud famously records that [[Elisha ben Abuyah]] saw a child die after performing this commandment, and this irreconcilable instance of theodicy led him away from Judaism. |
In Talmudic literature, the requirement to send away the mother bird is a locus classicus for discussion of [[theodicy]]. One example of this is in [http://kodesh.snunit.k12.il/b/l/l3701_039b.htm Kiddushin 39b] which discusses the problem whether the reward for commandments in in this world or the next. In addition, the Talmud famously records that [[Elisha ben Abuyah]] saw a child die after performing this commandment, and this irreconcilable instance of theodicy led him away from Judaism. |
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==Popular Culture== |
==Popular Culture== |
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Revision as of 21:51, 29 May 2008
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| Torah: | Deuteronomy 22:6 |
Shiluach haken (Hebrew: שלוח הקן) is the Jewish law derived from the Torah that enjoins one to send away the mother bird before taking her young or her eggs. The Torah promises longevity to someone who performs this commandment.
Theodicy
In Talmudic literature, the requirement to send away the mother bird is a locus classicus for discussion of theodicy. One example of this is in Kiddushin 39b which discusses the problem whether the reward for commandments in in this world or the next. In addition, the Talmud famously records that Elisha ben Abuyah saw a child die after performing this commandment, and this irreconcilable instance of theodicy led him away from Judaism.
Popular Culture
The trope of theodicy and Shiluach haken is repeated in David Vollach's 2007 My Father My Lord where Avraham sends away the mother bird immediately proceeding the death of his son Menachem.