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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777634703321

Titolo

Wrestling with God [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish theological responses during and after the Holocaust / / general editor, Steven T. Katz ; associate editors, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-774201-7

0-19-988520-6

1-281-16280-9

9786611162801

0-19-804106-3

0-19-972442-3

1-4294-6916-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (702 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KatzSteven T. <1944->

BidermanShlomo

GreenbergGershon

Disciplina

296.3/1174

Soggetti

Holocaust (Jewish theology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 685-689).

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PART I: Ultra-Orthodox Responses during and following the War; Introduction; WITHIN THE CATASTROPHE; AT THE BORDER OF CATASTROPHE; THE LAND OF ISRAEL; Teshuvah: AND THE SUFFERING OF THE PIOUS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PART II: Israeli Responses during and following the War; INTRODUCTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PART III: European and American Responses during and following the War; INTRODUCTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

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 Holo