Post Shoah Dialogues

Preface

Introducing The Dialogue

Thinking The Tradition Anew: A New Reading Of Genesis 32 And Matthew 26 In Light Of The Shoah And Dialogue

Night Encounters: Theologizing Dialogue

Wrestling With Two Texts: A Post-Shoah Encounter: A Midrash On Genesis 32 And Matthew 26

Wrestling With Biblical Texts After The Shoah

Facing The Holy Whole

Wrestling With God And The Devil

Torah And Testimony

Confronting Antisemitism

Facing Our Texts Together

Construction Of A Post-Shoah Interfaith Dialogical Universal Ethic

Toward An Ethic Of Dialogue: The Path Of The Love Command

Religious Intolerance And Prejudice: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Coming To Terms With Amalek

The Genocidal Mind

The Genocidal Mind At The Heart Of Our Religions

Deconstructing Theodicy And Amalekut: A Personal Apologia

Index

Additional Info
The “Midrash Group” of the Scholar’s Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches has met annually over the last decade to discuss ways for Christians and Jews to find meaning and direction in and from sacred texts after the Holocaust. Post Shoah Dialogues is a sample of four different dialogue sessions of the “Midrash Group.” The idea for a Jewish-Christian dialogue on texts grew out of an ongoing conversation between the four scholars represented in this volume, due to the profound affect the Shoah had on the theological thinking of both groups. The essays, focusing on texts matched from Hebrew and Christian scriptures, allow Christians and Jews to read the texts together in such a way as to respect the authentic identity of each other, respect the deep questions arising from the Shoah, and to open avenues for more dialogue.