Title: Jesus and the Holocaust
First published: 1997
Description: What does Jesus have to do with the millions who died and the countless people who suffer to this day because of the Holocaust? In Jesus and the Holocaust, scripture scholar Joel Marcus finds meaning in the relationship between persecution of these millions of Jews and the crucifixion of the Jewish man named Jesus who suffered and died on the cross two thousand years ago. Marcus, a Jew raised in Chicago who later converted to Christianity, puts us in touch with the inhumane treatment and murder of millions of Jews during the Holocaust, and with the horrible suffering of Jesus. Originally presented in a Good Friday service - the day Christians reflect on the meaning of Jesus' death - Marcus's simple, stirring language and his use of images and poetry in this series of homilies evoke anger, tears, and warmth. Readers are surprised by the unexpected healing offered in this union of Jesus and the Holocaust.
Subjects: American Sermons, Crucifixion, Good Friday sermons, Holocaust (Christian theology), Sermons, Sermons, American, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), World war, 1939-1945, jews, Righteous gentiles in the holocaust, World war, 1939-1945, moral and ethical aspects, World war, 1939-1945, religious aspects, Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- Sermons, Jesus Christ, Sermons, American -- 20th century
People: Jesus Christ
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: BV4276 .M37 1997