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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... Rabbi Judah the Prince around the year 200 in the Land of Israel—is the most basic and authoritative source of Jewish law and lore after the Bible. It represents the collective wisdom—and normative legal decisions— of the Jewish Sages ...
... Rabbi Judah the Prince around the year 200 in the Land of Israel—is the most basic and authoritative source of Jewish law and lore after the Bible. It represents the collective wisdom—and normative legal decisions— of the Jewish Sages ...
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Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust Steven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg ... rabbinic Sages taught about the biblical passage, ''Also my wisdom stood me in stead'' [Ecclesiastes 2:9]: ''Of all ...
Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust Steven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg ... rabbinic Sages taught about the biblical passage, ''Also my wisdom stood me in stead'' [Ecclesiastes 2:9]: ''Of all ...
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Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust Steven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg. lest ... rabbinic Sages said that the Blessed One did not find a better attribute for Israel than poverty [B. T. H.agigah 9b] ...
Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust Steven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg. lest ... rabbinic Sages said that the Blessed One did not find a better attribute for Israel than poverty [B. T. H.agigah 9b] ...
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... sages who died since the last seventh of Adar: Rabbi Menah.em Brody, of blessed memory, rabbi of Kalov (Nagykallo); ... rabbinic Sages said that when a scholar dies, he has no replacement [Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, Parashah 91, Siman 11] ...
... sages who died since the last seventh of Adar: Rabbi Menah.em Brody, of blessed memory, rabbi of Kalov (Nagykallo); ... rabbinic Sages said that when a scholar dies, he has no replacement [Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, Parashah 91, Siman 11] ...
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... Jews in Vienna who were pious and God fearing, but as the rabbinic Sages said in B. T. Baba Kamma 92a, ''They are also taken out to be punished.'' It says in the Torah portion Beshalla_h [Exodus 13:17–17:16] that there were evildoers ...
... Jews in Vienna who were pious and God fearing, but as the rabbinic Sages said in B. T. Baba Kamma 92a, ''They are also taken out to be punished.'' It says in the Torah portion Beshalla_h [Exodus 13:17–17:16] that there were evildoers ...
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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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