(God) after Auschwitz : tradition and change in post-Holocaust Jewish thought / Zachary Braiterman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braiterman, Zachary, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust (Jewish theology).

Theodicy.

Judaism--20th century.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Edition:

Core Textbook

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The impact of technology-enhanced mass death in the twentieth century, argues Zachary Braiterman, has profoundly affected the future shape of religious thought. In his provocative book, the author shows how key Jewish theologians faced the memory of Auschwitz by rejecting traditional theodicy, abandoning any attempt to justify and vindicate the relationship between God and catastrophic suffering. The author terms this rejection "Antitheodicy," the refusal to accept that relationship. It finds voice in the writings of three particular theologians: Richard Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, and Emil Fackenheim. This book is the first to bring postmodern philosophical and literary approaches into conversation with post-Holocaust Jewish thought. Drawing on the work of Mieke Bal, Harold Bloom, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Michel Foucault, and others, Braiterman assesses how Jewish intellectuals reinterpret Bible and Midrash to re-create religious thought for the age after Auschwitz. In this process, he provides a model for reconstructing Jewish life and philosophy in the wake of the Holocaust. His work contributes to the postmodern turn in contemporary Jewish studies and today's creative theology.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION. Modernity Surpassed: Jewish Religious Thought after Auschwitz

PART I

ONE. Theodicy and Its Others: Forms of Religious Response to the Problem of Evil

TWO. Anti/Theodicy: In Bible and Midrash

THREE. Theodicies: In Modern Jewish Thought

PART II

FOUR. "Hitler's Accomplice"?! Revisioning Richard Rubenstein

FIVE. Do I Belong to the Race of Words? Anti/Theodic Faith and Textual Revision in the Thought of Eliezer Berkovits

SIX. Why Is the World Today Not Water? Revelation, Fragmentation, and Solidarity in the Thought of Emil Fackenheim

CONCLUSION. Discourse, Sign, Diptych: Remarks on Jewish Thought after Auschwitz

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and index.

ISBN:

9786612935213

9781400815272

1400815274

9781400822768

1400822769

9781282935211

1282935216

9781400811120

1400811120

OCLC:

700688466