Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah :

Sweeney, Marvin A. 1953-

Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah : engaging Holocaust theology / Marvin A. Sweeney. - Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2008. - xiii, 287 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-282) and index.

Abraham and the problem of divine fidelity -- Moses and the problem of divine violence -- The question of theodicy in the historical books : Jeroboam, Manasseh, and Josiah -- Isaiah's question to G-d -- Jeremiah's struggle with his divine commission -- Ezekiel and the holiness of G-d -- The twelve prophets and the question of Shoah -- Complaints to G-d in Psalms and Lamentations : the voice of the victims -- Divine hiddenness and human initiative in the wisdom literature -- Lessons from the didactic narratives of the writings.

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Bible.--Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Theodicy--Biblical teaching.
Holocaust (Jewish theology)

BS1199.T44 / S94 2008

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