The Impact of the Holocaust on Jewish TheologyNYU Press, 1 cze 2007 - 320 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. |
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... past twenty-five years, however, interest in this subject, judged by the absence of new ways of considering this basic theological issue, has waned. Jewish thinkers have simply been unable to find original and creative ways to address ...
... past this was the cause of Jewish weakness and therefore the Jewish people was victimized. After the Shoah we should know better. Weakness tempts enemies to implement their murderous wishes, so the ethical commandment should be, Thou ...
... past. The same rule also applies in trying to fathom the historic reality of the murderers and their inheritance. The events of 1933–1945 were the product of the German and Jewish past; to decode this present we must enter into that past ...
... past “root experiences” are lived through as “pres- ent reality” and the Jew of every age is “assured that the past saving God saves still.”17 In contrast, “epoch making events” are not formative for Jewry's collective consciousness ...
... past, step into the flow of events and say, “Enough.” Berkovits is theologian enough to be aware that this is a serious objection and he tries to meet it: Man can only exist because God renounces the use of his power on him. This, of ...
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Part II The Holocaust and the State of Israel | 209 |
About the Contributors | 301 |
Index of Names | 305 |
Index of Places | 309 |