Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust

by Steven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195300147
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/04/2007
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 7.20(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Steven T. Katz is Professor of Judaic Studies at Boston Univeristy. Shlomo Biderman is Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University. Gershon Greenberg is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at American University

Editorial Reviews

"This exacting, exciting collection bears testimony to the depths of Jewish suffering and the dignity of the Jewish dead, while promoting Jewish continual survival as an unshakable dogma."—Choice

"Wrestling With God illuminates the way in which a religious tradition is able to respond (to preserve and/or to change itself) in the face of extraordinary catastrophe." —Journal of the American Academy of Religion

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