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| − | <p>The theme of reward and punishment appears multiple times in Tanakh. It is most evident in Vayikra 26 and Devarim 28 which each contain a full list of blessings and curses, but many other individual verses | + | <p>The theme of reward and punishment appears multiple times in Tanakh. It is most evident in Vayikra 26 and Devarim 28 which each contain a full list of blessings and curses, but many other individual verses similarly promise recompense. The various verses open many questions regarding the workings of Divine retribution: Is it aimed at the individual or the collective? Do the blessings/curses refer to this world or the next? Are they miraculous or natural? Might they be limited to a specific time and place or are they relevant always and everywhere? </p> |
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| − | <li>Use <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Devarim/ | + | <li>Use <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Devarim/28.1">Makbilot BaMikra</a> to find the many sections of the Torah that promise reward and punishment for following and disobeying the mitzvot.</li> |
<li>Use the <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/">advanced concordance</a> to search for the phrase "לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ". In what contexts is this blessing given?</li> | <li>Use the <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/">advanced concordance</a> to search for the phrase "לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ". In what contexts is this blessing given?</li> | ||
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Version as of 05:37, 4 July 2024
Biblical Parallels Index – Devarim 28
Reward and Punishment
The theme of reward and punishment appears multiple times in Tanakh. It is most evident in Vayikra 26 and Devarim 28 which each contain a full list of blessings and curses, but many other individual verses similarly promise recompense. The various verses open many questions regarding the workings of Divine retribution: Is it aimed at the individual or the collective? Do the blessings/curses refer to this world or the next? Are they miraculous or natural? Might they be limited to a specific time and place or are they relevant always and everywhere?
Tools
- Use Makbilot BaMikra to find the many sections of the Torah that promise reward and punishment for following and disobeying the mitzvot.
- Use the advanced concordance to search for the phrase "לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ". In what contexts is this blessing given?
Articles
- See Reward and Punishment for analysis of several different approaches to Divine retribution which take into account the plethora of verses and try to reconcile differences between them. Some commentators assume that individuals do not receive true retribution in this world, getting their just desserts only in the next world, while others maintain that there is both individual and collective recompense already in this world. A last approach suggests that Hashem's modes of providence have changed over time. Though immediate reward and punishment for both the collective and individual is manifest from the Biblical through First Temple periods, it diminished thereafter as Hashem's initial overt providence gradually became covert.
