
Rethinking Jewish Faith : The Child of a Survivor Responds.
Title:
Rethinking Jewish Faith : The Child of a Survivor Responds.
Author:
Jacobs, Steven L.
ISBN:
9781438407715
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (175 pages)
Series:
SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
Contents:
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Why? The Genesis of My Own Thinking -- Content -- The Problem with God -- Covenant: Involuntary? Voluntary? Nonexistent? -- The Crises of Prayer -- Halakhah and Mitzvot: Law and Commandments--The Heart of the Matter -- Rethinking the Jewish Life Cycle: From Birth to Death -- Rethinking the Jewish Festival Cycle: The Calendar in Question -- Israel and Zionism in the Post-Shoah World -- Rethinking Christianity: An Outsider's Perspective -- Summarizing: Is Such Even Possible? -- Back Matter -- Appendixes -- Appendix I: "[If] There Is No 'Commander?.. There Are No 'Commandments'!" -- Appendix II: Rethinking Jewish [and Christian?] Faith in Light of the Holocaust: The Response of the Child of a Survivor" -- Notes and Bibliography -- Glossary -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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