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Author Gillman, Neil.

Title Sacred fragments : recovering theology for the modern Jew / Neil Gillman.

Imprint Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, ©1990.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  296.3 G482S    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxvii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Revelation: What really happened? -- Religious authority: Who commands? -- Knowing God: How and what? -- Talking about God: Symbolic language -- Sensing God's presence: Empriricism -- Proving God's existence: Rationalism -- Encountering god: Existentialism -- Suffering: Why does God allow it? -- Ritural: Why do we need it? -- The end of days: What will be?
Summary Pp. 201-211 discuss Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust, grouping them into two categories. The first sees the Holocaust as one example among many of human cruelty throughout history and poses no new theological challenges. The second views it as a unique event in history and lists the reasons why this is so. Contends that traditional Jewish frameworks are inadequate to explain the Holocaust and new ones are needed. Discusses Richard Rubenstein's "death of God" theology in which not God has died but rather all the myths and conceptions about Him. Juxtaposed to this is Martin Buber's "eclipse of God" and the return to traditional biblical sources (i.e. Job) for a possible explanation of the Holocaust. Mentions also the views of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Eliezer Berkovits. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).
Subject Judaism -- Doctrines.
Judaism -- 20th century.
Jewish philosophy.
Jewish philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01730516
Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00984280
Judaism -- Doctrines. (OCoLC)fst00984302
Jodendom.
Theologie.
Jüdische Theologie.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
ISBN 0827603525
9780827603523
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