Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the HolocaustSteven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg Oxford University Press, 2007 M01 4 - 704 pages This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. It will be the most complete anthology of its sort, bringing together for the first time: (1) a large sample of ultra-orthodox writings, translated from the Hebrew and Yiddish; (2) a substantial selection of essays by Israeli authors, also translated from the Hebrew; (3) a broad sampling of works written in English by American and European authors. These diverse selections represent virtually every significant theological position that has been articulated by a Jewish thinker in response to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening. |
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... Midrash Rabbah are identified in the following form, for example, Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, Parashah 1, Siman 1. The first three terms refer to the overall collection as well as the individual volume being referred to. That is, the form ...
... Midrash Rabbah are identified in the following form, for example, Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, Parashah 1, Siman 1. The first three terms refer to the overall collection as well as the individual volume being referred to. That is, the form ...
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... midrashic language. They also alternated their stances among history, metahistory (i.e., God's everlasting covenantal relationship with Israel over time), and what may be called ''ontology'' (the dramatic interplay among the ...
... midrashic language. They also alternated their stances among history, metahistory (i.e., God's everlasting covenantal relationship with Israel over time), and what may be called ''ontology'' (the dramatic interplay among the ...
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... midrash (rabbinic interpretation of Scripture). The world having turned evil, Israel was forced off the stage of history, but there were other realms which remained intact and available to the reflective believer. Beyond rabbinic and ...
... midrash (rabbinic interpretation of Scripture). The world having turned evil, Israel was forced off the stage of history, but there were other realms which remained intact and available to the reflective believer. Beyond rabbinic and ...
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... (Midrash Eichah Rabba: Pesikta 24). God suffered especially, Tsimerman pointed out, when the blood of the righteous was poured out (B. T. Sanhedrin 46a). Land of Israel: Issues of Past and Future The issue of the relationship of the Land ...
... (Midrash Eichah Rabba: Pesikta 24). God suffered especially, Tsimerman pointed out, when the blood of the righteous was poured out (B. T. Sanhedrin 46a). Land of Israel: Issues of Past and Future The issue of the relationship of the Land ...
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... Midrash in conquered Warsaw during the dark years of 1940–1943 as he tried to buttress the faith of his tortured _hasidim in God Almighty—and that of Rabbi Dessler who was then situated in Gateshead near Newcastle. Schweid, ''An Ethical ...
... Midrash in conquered Warsaw during the dark years of 1940–1943 as he tried to buttress the faith of his tortured _hasidim in God Almighty—and that of Rabbi Dessler who was then situated in Gateshead near Newcastle. Schweid, ''An Ethical ...
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Israeli Responses during and following the War | 203 |
European and American Responses during and following the War | 353 |
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