By Zachary Braiterman
The influence of technology-enhanced mass loss of life within the 20th century, argues Zachary Braiterman, has profoundly affected the long run form of spiritual suggestion. In his provocative ebook, the writer indicates how key Jewish theologians confronted the reminiscence of Auschwitz via rejecting conventional theodicy, leaving behind any try to justify and vindicate the connection among God and catastrophic agony. the writer phrases this rejection "Antitheodicy," the refusal to just accept that dating. It reveals voice within the writings of 3 specific theologians: Richard Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, and Emil Fackenheim.
This publication is the 1st to convey postmodern philosophical and literary ways into dialog with post-Holocaust Jewish concept. Drawing at the paintings of Mieke Bal, Harold Bloom, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Michel Foucault, and others, Braiterman assesses how Jewish intellectuals reinterpret Bible and Midrash to re-create spiritual proposal for the age after Auschwitz.
In this approach, he presents a version for reconstructing Jewish existence and philosophy within the wake of the Holocaust. His paintings contributes to the postmodern flip in modern Jewish experiences and brand new artistic theology.
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