The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish Theology

Forsideomslag
Steven T. Katz
NYU Press, 2007 - 310 sider

The theological problems facing those trying to respond to the Holocaust remain monumental. Both Jewish and Christian post-Auschwitz religious thought must grapple with profound questions, from how God allowed it to happen to the nature of evil.
The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish Theology brings together a distinguished international array of senior scholars—many of whose work is available here in English for the first time—to consider key topics from the meaning of divine providence to questions of redemption to the link between the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel. Together, they push our thinking further about how our belief in God has changed in the wake of the Holocaust.
Contributors: Yosef Achituv, Yehoyada Amir, Ester Farbstein, Gershon Greenberg, Warren Zev Harvey, Tova Ilan, Shmuel Jakobovits, Dan Michman, David Novak, Shalom Ratzabi, Michael Rosenak, Shalom Rosenberg, Eliezer Schweid, and Joseph A. Turner.

 

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Editors Introduction
1
The Issue of Confirmation and Disconfirmation
13
Philosophical and Midrashic Thinking on the Fateful
61
Lessons Explanation Meaning
82
Silence
110
UltraOrthodox Jewish Thought about the Holocaust
132
Between
161
Halakic Historical
175
Is There a Religious Meaning to the Rebirth of
211
The Concept of Exile as a Model for Dealing with
226
Is There a Theological Connection between
248
A Historical
263
The Presence of
275
Educational Implications of Holocaust and Rebirth
287
About the Contributors
301
Index of Places
309

Two Jewish Approaches to Evil in History
194
A Call to Humility and Jewish Unity in the Aftermath
202

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Steven T. Katz is Slater Professor of Jewish and Holocaust Studies and former Director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University. His many publications include The Holocaust in Historical Context.

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