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Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah : engaging Holocaust theology / Marvin A. Sweeney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2008.Description: xiii, 287 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780800638498 (alk. paper)
  • 0800638492 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.3/118 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.T44 S94 2008
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books

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.