Encountering the Jewish future
Subtitle: with Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas
By: Marc H. Ellis
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780800697938
Subjects: Doctrines; Judaism; Jews; Arab-Israeli conflict; Jewish philosophy; Holocaust (Jewish theology); Civilization; Identity
Description: "Marc Ellis maintains that the most vital questions about Judaism are prefigured in the work of Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas. Ellis's work is framed by encounters with each thinker's work, focusing on topics of God, the Holocaust, the prophetic legacy, philosophical and ethical standpoints, and Jewish empowerment and dissent. Two generations after the Holocaust and Israel's founding, Ellis argues that the uncertain future of Judaism requires a deeply personal and intellectual exploration of Jewish tradition and identity, in conversation with the best philosophical and theological minds of recent years"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.