Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- cambridge companions to religion
- the cambridge companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is Jewish Theology?
- Part I Biblical-Rabbinic
- Part II Medieval
- Part III Modern
- Part IV Contemporary Issues
- 12 The Holocaust and Jewish Theology
- 13 Theology and Halakhah in Jewish Feminisms
- 14 Jewish Models of Revelation
- 15 Jewish Theology of Religions
- Part V Analytic Philosophy and Theology
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
12 - The Holocaust and Jewish Theology
from Part IV - Contemporary Issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- cambridge companions to religion
- the cambridge companion to JEWISH THEOLOGY
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is Jewish Theology?
- Part I Biblical-Rabbinic
- Part II Medieval
- Part III Modern
- Part IV Contemporary Issues
- 12 The Holocaust and Jewish Theology
- 13 Theology and Halakhah in Jewish Feminisms
- 14 Jewish Models of Revelation
- 15 Jewish Theology of Religions
- Part V Analytic Philosophy and Theology
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
The central theological questions raised for Jewish belief by the Holocaust concern the existence and nature of God. In this paper, I focus on four figures who addressed these theological questions in a serious way: Richard Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, Irving Greenberg, and Hans Jonas. I show that Jonas’s argument for a limited and changing God is the most radical of these theological responses and that the radical character of his response can best be appreciated by contrasting his approach with the other three theological accounts, especially in terms of how the problem of theodicy functions in those accounts.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology , pp. 267 - 296Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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Selected Further Reading
Berkovits, Eliezer. God, Man and History: A Jewish Interpretation. Middle Village: Jonathan David Publishers, 1959.Google Scholar
Fackenheim, Emil L. Fackenheim’s Jewish Philosophy: An Introduction. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013.Google Scholar
Fackenheim, Emil L. God’s Presence in History. New York: New York University Press, 1970.Google Scholar
Greenberg, Irving. “Cloud of Smoke, Pillar of Fire.” In Auschwitz: Beginning of a New Era? Reflections on the Holocaust, 26–55. Edited by Fleischner, Eva. New York: KTAV, 1977.Google Scholar
Jonas, Hans. “The Concept of God after Auschwitz: A Jewish Voice.” The Journal of Religion 67.1 (1987): 1–13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jonas, Hans. Mortality and Morality: A Search for the Good after Auschwitz. Edited by Vogel, Lawrence. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1996.Google Scholar
Katz, Steven T., Biderman, Shlomo, and Greenberg, Gershon, eds. Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Morgan, Michael L. Beyond Auschwitz: Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought in America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rubenstein, Richard L. After Auschwitz: History, Theology, and Contemporary Judaism, Second Edition. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.Google Scholar
Rubenstein, Richard L. and Roth, John K.. Approaches to Auschwitz. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1987.Google Scholar