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Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust Steven T. Katz
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Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust
Steven T. Katz
This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening. Each section of the book is prefaced by an introduction that contextualizes the material and explains what is distinctive about it. Biographies of the authors are also supplied.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201, 685-689) and index.; Includes some articles translated from French, Hebrew, and Yiddish.; Avail. in cloth. Review Quotes:"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 ReligionPublisher Marketing: This is a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening. Each section of the book is prefaced by an introduction that conceptualises the material and explains what is distinctive about it.
Contributor Bio: Katz, Steven T 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. Contributor Bio: Biderman, Shlomo 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
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 18, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195300154 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Genre | Ethnic Orientation > Jewish - Religious Orientation > Jewish - Topical > Holocaust |
| Pages | 704 |
| Dimensions | 179 × 253 × 37 mm · 1.21 kg |
| Editor | Biderman, Shlomo (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University) |
| Editor | Greenberg, Gershon (Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Professor of Religion and Philosophy, American University) |
| Editor | Katz, Steven T. (Professor of Judaic Studies, Professor of Judaic Studies, Boston University) |
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