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Encountering the Jewish future : with Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas / Marc H. Ellis.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM602 .E55 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Marc H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism--Doctrines.
- Judaism.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Jews--Civilization.
- Jews.
- Jews--Identity.
- Holocaust (Jewish theology).
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- The most vital questions about Judaism-present and future-are envisioned in the work of Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas. Marc H. Ellis encounters each thinker and contemplates biblical, theological, and philosophical insights so to foster Jewish empowerment and to ensure a Jewish future. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Encountering the Holocaust / Elie Wiesel Wiesel, Elie 13
- On First Hearing the Holocaust Named 13
- Writing The Other Kingdom 18
- The Question of God After 21
- The Additional Covenant 28
- Holocaust Martyrdom and the 1967 War 34
- Holocaust Icon 43
- Chapter 2 Encountering the Bible / Martin Buber Buber, Martin 53
- Teaching as a Prophetic Encounter 58
- The Prophetic Community 66
- History as a Mysterious Approach to Closeness 78
- Isaiah's Arrow in the Quiver 83
- Buber's Intriguing Bible 87
- Chapter 3 Encountering God After / Abraham Joshua Heschel Heschel, Abraham Joshua 95
- Bridging the Interfaith Divide 100
- A Disturbing Nostalgia? 110
- God of the Prophets 114
- Rendezvous with Destiny 124
- Praying with My Feet 135
- Chapter 4 Encountering Jewish Politics / Hannah Arendt Arendt, Hannah 143
- Judging Eichmann 147
- The Hidden Tradition 157
- Jewish Identity(s) 167
- Bracketing Jewishness 183
- Chapter 5 Encountering the Jewish Prophetic / Emmanuel Levinas Levinas, Emmanuel 195
- The Passion of Passions 199
- Ethics as the Optic of the Divine 211
- Expiating Blasphemy in Advance 218
- Asceticism and the Prophetic 225
- Levinas's Ambivalence 233.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780800697938
- 0800697936
- OCLC:
- 696099255
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