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<p>Individuals receive their just desserts only in the next world.  The rewards of this world are meted out only to the collective.</p> | <p>Individuals receive their just desserts only in the next world.  The rewards of this world are meted out only to the collective.</p> | ||
| + | <point><b>Collective Nature of Biblical Blessings</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Honoring Parents: "לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיכֻן יָמֶיךָ וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ"</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וְשַׂמְתִּי אֲנִי אֶת פָּנַי בָּאִישׁ הַהוּא"</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Physical Blessings</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Why not reward the individual in this world?</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Philosophical motivations</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Nature of עולם הבא</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Why isn't עולם הבא mentioned in the Torah?</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Purpose of rewards / punishments</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Is it problematic to hope for reward?</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Changing Rewards | <category>Changing Rewards | ||
| − | <p>Hashem's modes of providence have changed over time.  Immediate reward and punishment | + | <p>Hashem's modes of providence have changed over time.  As the nation gradually moved from a miraculous to natural existence, Hashem's overt providence became covert. Immediate reward and punishment, thus, slowly disappeared over the First Temple period.</p> |
| + | <point><b>"עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר י״י אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ"</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>No Rewards | <category>No Rewards | ||
Version as of 13:31, 9 December 2020
Reward and Punishment
Exegetical Approaches
Individual Recompense in Both Worlds
Individuals are compensated for their actions both in this world and the next world.
Individual Reward only in Next World
Individuals receive their just desserts only in the next world. The rewards of this world are meted out only to the collective.
Collective Nature of Biblical Blessings
Honoring Parents: "לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיכֻן יָמֶיךָ וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ"
"וְשַׂמְתִּי אֲנִי אֶת פָּנַי בָּאִישׁ הַהוּא"
Physical Blessings
Why not reward the individual in this world?
Philosophical motivations
Nature of עולם הבא
Why isn't עולם הבא mentioned in the Torah?
Purpose of rewards / punishments
Is it problematic to hope for reward?
Changing Rewards
Hashem's modes of providence have changed over time. As the nation gradually moved from a miraculous to natural existence, Hashem's overt providence became covert. Immediate reward and punishment, thus, slowly disappeared over the First Temple period.
"עַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר י״י אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ"
No Rewards
The blessings promised in the Torah should be viewed as enablers or natural consequences rather than rewards.
