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Some of the greatest moments of religious history have occurred when a poignant experience or event flies in the face of the traditional theological worldview cherished by an individual or society. A fascinating case study of one such occurrence lies open in the text of 4 Ezra (2 Esdras 3–14), wherein a learned Jewish scribe of the first century CE rethinks his inherited theological views...

of ‘objective’, scientific deduction that can be replicated by anyone of any age. While the author of 4 Ezra does engage in some classic examples of logic, his is not a textbook on rational speculation and logical deduction. The main lines of his theodicy lie elsewhere, and are incorporated within a narrative that is noticeably marked out by the context of its day. The Context of the Author’s Theological Project Theology is always contextual; the process of theological reflection does not come about
Pages 13–14
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