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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... questions about kosher and unkosher, [so how much more so] to questions that affect the whole nation of Israel! Who are our guides today with regard to these questions? Empty and reckless people who do not possess the slightest ...
... questions about kosher and unkosher, [so how much more so] to questions that affect the whole nation of Israel! Who are our guides today with regard to these questions? Empty and reckless people who do not possess the slightest ...
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... question God and have his faith damaged by this prevail- ing suffering more than all the Jews who went through suffering in bygone times? Why should a person's faith become damaged now, if it was not damaged when he read descriptions of ...
... question God and have his faith damaged by this prevail- ing suffering more than all the Jews who went through suffering in bygone times? Why should a person's faith become damaged now, if it was not damaged when he read descriptions of ...
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... question this. It is God's judgment. When God will help us and redeem us, we will understand all this. In the meantime, heaven forbid that we should open our mouths to speak evil or to question Him. We should repent as our ancestors did ...
... question this. It is God's judgment. When God will help us and redeem us, we will understand all this. In the meantime, heaven forbid that we should open our mouths to speak evil or to question Him. We should repent as our ancestors did ...
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... question the Holy One and ask why the pious ones of Israel suffer? [The answer is that] God knows what He does. Undoubtedly there is a need for the suffering; our great sins caused it. Just as they said, ''Because there were no graves ...
... question the Holy One and ask why the pious ones of Israel suffer? [The answer is that] God knows what He does. Undoubtedly there is a need for the suffering; our great sins caused it. Just as they said, ''Because there were no graves ...
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... question His attributes and did not ask any questions or investigate into why the Holy One told him to do this. That is, '''And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker' [Job 36:3] even if it seems to me that the Holy One should not ...
... question His attributes and did not ask any questions or investigate into why the Holy One told him to do this. That is, '''And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker' [Job 36:3] even if it seems to me that the Holy One should not ...
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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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