Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Religious Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
26,2 (1990) 277-293
Keywords:
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
Abstract:
Reviews various responses to the Holocaust and its theological implications among modern Jewish writers and thinkers. Discusses Elie Wiesel and the theology of protest, Richard Rubenstein's rejection of traditional belief and his concept of "the death of God" after Auschwitz, Arthur Cohen's alternative theology, Eliezer Berkovits's and Ignaz Maybaum's traditional stand which provides a Bible-based explanation of God and the Holocaust, and Emil Fackenheim's contention that the Holocaust was a revelation of God to Israel. Concludes that these attempts to explain the Holocaust are inadequate because they fail to discuss such doctrines in Judaism as Kiddush Hashem, messianic redemption, resurrection, and the final judgment.
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