Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah

Engaging Holocaust Theology

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Marvin A. Sweeney

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Is theology possible after the Shoah? Marvin Sweeney challenges biblical theologians to take that question with utmost seriousness. Sweeney examines often ignored biblical texts where ancient Israel contemplated the problem of apparent divine absence and "divine evil," and finds the perspective of post-Holocaust theology an indispensable interpretive resource. In biblical stories like those of Abraham, Moses, Jeroboam, Manasseh, Josiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Esther, Job, and more, Sweeney finds the recognition "that human beings cannot always depend upon God to act to ensure righteousness in the world." The insistence, common among Holocaust theologians, that human beings must assume their own responsibility for doing justice and righteousness in the world is, Sweeney argues, powerfully present already in the Bible itself. This book is an important contribution to modern biblical theology and to Holocaust theology as well.

Author Biography:

Marvin A. Sweeney is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of Zephanaiah (Hermeneia, Fortress Press, 2003), Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah: Engaging Holocaust Theology (Fortress Press, 2008), and many others.

Release date Australia

August 29th, 2008

Author

Marvin A. Sweeney

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Pages

302

Dimensions

152x228x18

ISBN-13

9780800638498

Product ID

7498098

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