Elie Wiesel: God, the Holocaust, and the Children of IsraelContains a literary criticism of the work of Elie Wiesel and presents a contemporary analysis of the Jewish response to the Holocaust of World War Two. |
Contents
The Memory of Mystery and | 69 |
A Change of Perspective | 91 |
The Additional Covenant | 125 |
Elie Wiesel and Contemporary | 152 |
Wiesels Theory of the Holocaust | 181 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham affirmation Arendt argues Auschwitz Beggar in Jerusalem Berkovits Bettelheim Bratzlav Byron Sherwin concentration camp confront cosmic critical Dawn death despair Eichmann Elie Wiesel Eliezer Eliezer Berkovits Elisha Emil Fackenheim essays evil exile experience faith father Forest Gates Gershom Scholem God's presence Gregor guilt Hannah Arendt Hasidic Holocaust human Ibid Israel Israeli Jewish community Jewish theology Jewish tradition Jewry Jews Jour Judaism Kabbalism Kaddish Legends live Maamin madness meaning memory Messiah Michael Midrash Moses Moshe mystery mystical narrator Nazi Night Oath omnipotence pain past Pedro post-Holocaust prayer Presence in History question Rabbi radical reality Rebbe redemption refuses relationship religious response Richard Rubenstein role of witness Rubenstein sanctification sense Sherwin shtetl silence Sinai Six-Day War solidarity Souls on Fire speak suffering survival survivor tale Talmud theodicy theodicy of Israel theologians theological tion Torah University victims victory void Wiesel describes Wiesel writes Wiesel's novels York Zalmen