Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications

by Michael Berenbaum (Editor), John Roth (Editor)

Religious and Philosophical Implications is an anthology specifically designed for use as a textbook for courses on the Holocaust in universities and adult study groups. It is a compilation of what are now "classic" pieces in the voluminous literature on the Holocaust - pieces by Raul Hilberg, Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi, George Steiner, Richard Rubenstein and Irving Greenberg - all organized around what the editors have found to be the most often asked questions by their (1) Is the Holocaust unique? (2) What really happened in the ghettos and death camps? (3) Who knew what was going on? (4) How could people do the things they did? (5) What about God? Governed by the thesis that the Holocaust left fundamental questions, Religious and Philosophical Implications , in addition to being organized around the five themes identified above, addresses the multiple implications of complexities such as resistance during the Holocaust, and Jewish and Christian identity after Auschwitz.

Genres: Holocaust, History, Philosophy, World War II, Religion

390 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 1998

Reviews

[V]

A dry read, but important.

[Bradley]

Read for a course at Baylor University entitled: Hitler and the Holocaust, taught by Marc Ellis.