Wrestling with the Angel Toward a Jewish Understanding of the Nazi Assault on the Name |
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| Author:
| Patterson, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55778-845-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Publisher: | Paragon House Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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This book shows that, proceeding from philosophical precedents, the Nazis undertook an assault on God, who in the Jewish tradition is known as the Name and that this assault has implications for Jewish thinking about Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust era. It shows that in the assault on the Name, there is an assault on the namethat is, on the very identityof the Jew. The book examines the tradition of philosophical anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust, how that Jew hatred...
More DescriptionThis book shows that, proceeding from philosophical precedents, the Nazis undertook an assault on God, who in the Jewish tradition is known as the Name and that this assault has implications for Jewish thinking about Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust era. It shows that in the assault on the Name, there is an assault on the namethat is, on the very identityof the Jew. The book examines the tradition of philosophical anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust, how that Jew hatred manifested itself during the Holocaust as an assault on God and Israel, and what the Jewish people can do about it in the aftermath of the Holocaust.