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Title:
The impact of the Holocaust on Jewish theology / edited by Steven T. Katz.
Author:
Katz, Steven T., 1944-
Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Call Number:
BM645.H6 I45 2005
ISBN:
9780814747841

9780814748060
Physical Description:
vi, 310 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Contains papers presented at 2 conferences entitled "Jewish thought after the Holocaust," held in Ashkelon, Israel, in 1999 and 2001.
Contents:
Is there a religious meaning to the idea of a chosen people after the Shoah? / The issue of confirmation and disconfirmation in Jewish thought after the Shoah / Philosophical and midrashic thinking on the fateful events of Jewish history / The Holocaust : lessons, explanation, meaning / Between Holocaust and redemption : silence, cognition, and eclipse / Ultra-Orthodox Jewish thought about the Holocaust since World War II : the radicalized aspect / Theological reflections on the Holocaust : between unity and controversy / Building amidst devastation : halakic historical observations on marriage during the Holocaust / Two Jewish approaches to evil in history / A call to humility and Jewish unity in the aftermath of the Holocaust / Is there a religious meaning to the rebirth of the state of Israel after the Shoah? / The concept of exile as a model for dealing with the Holocaust / Is there a theological connection between the Holocaust and the reestablishment of the state of Israel? / 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 / Theology and the Holocaust : the presence of God and diving [i.e. divine] providence in history from the perspective of religious Zionism / Educational implications of Holocaust and rebirth
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