DID GOD DIE IN AUSCHWITZ? JEWISH THEOLOGICAL REACTION TO THE HOLOCAUST (Czy Bóg umarl w Auschwitz? Reakcje teologii zydowskiej na Holocaust)

• Authors: Ronen Shoshana
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Holocaust shatters the Jewish belief in God, who takes care of his people, leads them to redemption. Extermination camps refuted the concepts of omnipotent, merciful and absolutely good God: if God is omnipotent and absolutely good how he allowed Auschwitz? Auschwitz calls the Jews for re-evaluation of their faith and their trust in God. Facing the destruction of the Jewish people a question is raised: In case Jews want to remain Jews how should they continue to live as Jews after the Holocaust? Jewish theologians struggled with this question and proposed either a new way of living for the Jews or a new definition of God. The article presents a few theological reactions which reflect deep and original Jewish thinking. The theologians discussed in this paper are: Richard Rubenstein, Emil Fackenheim, Eliezer Berkovits, Hans Jonas, Irving Greenberg and Ignaz Maybaum.

Keywords

EN

HOLOCAUST; JEWISH BELIEF IN GOD; JEWISH THEOLOGY; JUDAISM

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne
• Journal: Przegląd Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 3-4 (230-231)
• Pages: 197-204
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ronen Shoshana

• Shoshana Ronen, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzial Orientalistyczny, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA082024