After the Holocaust
Subtitle: the book of Job, Primo Levi, and the path to affliction
By: Frederick Alford.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780521766326; 9780521747066
Subjects: Levi, Primo; Bible. -- O.T. -- Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Suffering -- Biblical teaching; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust survivors -- Interviews
Genres: Interviews.
Description: The Holocaust marks a decisive moment in modern suffering in which it becomes almost impossible to find meaning or redemption in the experience. In this study, C. Fred Alford offers a new and thoughtful examination of the experience of suffering.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Job, transitional space, and ruthlessness; title: Holocaust testimonies : after the silence of Job; title: Sisyphus, Levi, and Job at Auschwitz; title: Conclusion : beyond the silence of Job.