Famines constitute a good portion of the mishnaic tractate Ta'anit, and are viewed in the Mishnah largely as a divine punishment [ ]the Mishnah mandates fasting and repentance to nullify the decree [ ]these phenomena fit neatly into a world where God intervenes in nature to achieve certain ends 5 Plagues as described in the Babylonian Talmud, however, seem to suggest something different By contrast, if there is peace and quiet in the city, do not walk on the sides of the road, as, since the angel of death does not have permission to kill within the city, he hides himself and walks on the side of the road 13 In Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi's (1520-92) Shitah Me-kubetset (Gathered Interpretation) to Baba Kama 60b we read the following: When there is a plague in the city, a person should not enter the synagogue alone because the angel of death places

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COVID-19 和任意的神学挑战

饥荒构成了米示拿教义 Ta'anit 的很大一部分，在米示拿中主要被视为一种神圣的惩罚 [ ] 米示拿强制禁食和忏悔以废除法令 [ ] 这些现象完美地融入了一个上帝干预自然的世界为了达到某些目的 巴比伦塔木德中描述的 5 瘟疫，然而，似乎暗示了一些不同的东西 相比之下，如果城市里有和平与宁静，不要走在路边，因为，因为死亡天使没有在城里杀人的许可，他躲起来走在路边 13 在拉比 Bezalel Ashkenazi (1520-92) Shitah Me-kubetset (Gathered Interpretation) 到 Baba Kama 60b 中，我们读到以下内容：是城市的瘟疫，一个人不应该单独进入会堂，因为死亡天使放置