Open wounds : the crisis of Jewish thought in the aftermath of the Holocaust

Publication Data

• Title Open wounds : the crisis of Jewish thought in the aftermath of the Holocaust
• Author David Patterson
• Publisher University of Washington Press
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Seattle, Wash.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : the open wounds of Jewish thought
The bankruptcy of modern and postmodern thought
Ethical monotheism and Jewish thought
The Holocaust and the Holy Tongue
The sifrei kodesh and the Holocaust
The Muselmann and the matter of the human being
Jewish thought and a post-Holocaust tikkun haolam
Mystical dimensions of post-Holocaust Jewish thought
Though the Messiah may tarry
Conclusion : no closure.

Topics

• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) :: Moral and ethical aspects
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) :: Influence
• Judaism :: 20th century
• Judaism :: Doctrines
• Holocaust (Jewish theology)

Open wounds : the crisis of Jewish thought in the aftermath of the Holocaust by David Patterson. ISBN 9780295986456. Published by University of Washington Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.