Breaking the Tablets
Jewish Theology After the Shoah
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 2007
144 pages
978-0-7425-6614-9 (ISBN)
Description
How is it possible, after the Shoah, to declare one's faith in the God of Israel? Breaking the Tablets is David Weiss Halivni's eloquent and insightful response to this question. Halivni, Auschwitz survivor and one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of the past century, declares that at this time of God's near absence, Jews can still observe the words of the Torah and pray for God to come near again. Jews must continue to study the classic texts of rabbinic Judaism but now with greater humility, recognizing that even the greatest religious leaders and thinkers interpret these texts only as mere people, prone to human error. Breaking the Tablets is important reading for anyone who feels burdened by the question of how it is possible to believe in God and practice their religion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-6614-9 (9780742566149)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Note to Readers
- Prologue: Between Sinai and Auschwitz
- Editor's Introduction
- Chapter 01. Prayer in the Shoah
- Chapter 02. Restoring Scripture
- Chapter 03. Breaking the Tablets and Begetting the Oral Law
- Chapter 04. Epilogue: Between Auschwitz and Sinai
- Contemporary Works Cited
- Index of Biblicaland Rabbinic Sources
- General Index
- About the Author
- About the Editor
