The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish Theology / / ed. by Steven T. Katz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Achituv, Yosef,; Amir, Yehoyada,; Farbstein, Ester,; Greenberg, Gershon,; Harvey, Warren Zev,; Ilan, Tova,; Jakobovits, Rabbi Shmuel,; Katz, Steven T.,; Michman, Dan,; Novak, David,; Ratzabi, Shalom,; Rosenak, Michael,; Rosenberg, Shalom,; Schweid, Eliezer,; Turner, Joseph A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Katz, Steven T.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor’s Introduction -- Part I The Holocaust -- Chapter 1 Is There a Religious Meaning to the Idea of a Chosen People after the Shoah? -- Chapter 2 The Issue of Confirmation and Disconfirmation in Jewish Thought after the Shoah -- Chapter 3 Philosophical and Midrashic Thinking on the Fateful Events of Jewish History -- Chapter 4 The Holocaust: Lessons, Explanation, Meaning -- Chapter 5 Between Holocaust and Redemption Silence, Cognition, and Eclipse -- Chapter 6 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Thought about the Holocaust since World War II The Radicalized Aspect -- Chapter 7 Theological Reflections on the Holocaust: Between Unity and Controversy -- Chapter 8 Building amidst Devastation: Halakic Historical Observations on Marriage during the Holocaust -- Chapter 9 Two Jewish Approaches to Evil in History -- Chapter 10 A Call to Humility and Jewish Unity in the Aftermath of the Holocaust -- Part II The Holocaust and the State of Israel -- Chapter 11 Is There Religious Meaning to the Rebirth of the State of Israel after the Shoah? -- Chapter 12 The Concept of Exile as a Model for Dealing with the Holocaust -- Chapter 13 Is There a Theological Connection between the Holocaust and the Reestablishment of the State of Israel? -- Chapter 14 The Holocaust and the State of Israel: A Historical View of Their Impact on and Meaning for the Understanding of the Behavior of Jewish Religious Movements -- Chapter 15 Theology and the Holocaust: The Presence of God and Divine Providence in History from the Perspective of the Holocaust -- Chapter 16 Educational Implications of Holocaust and Rebirth -- About the Contributors -- Index of Names -- Index of Places