Wrestling With God

This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening. Each section of the book is prefaced by an introduction that contextualizes the material and explains what is distinctive about it. Biographies of the authors are also supplied. This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. It will be the most complete anthology of its sort, bringing together for the first time: (1) a large sample of ultra-orthodox writings, translated from the Hebrew and Yiddish; (2) a substantial selection of essays by Israeli authors, also translated from the Hebrew; (3) a broad sampling of works written in English by American and European authors. These diverse selections represent virtually every significant theological position that has been articulated by a Jewish thinker in response to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening.