Encountering The Jewish Future

Introduction
Chapter 1 Encountering The Holocaust
Elie Wiesel
Chapter 2 Encountering The Bible
Martin Buber
Chapter 3 Encountering Modernity After
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Chapter 4 Encountering The Hidden Tradition Of Jewish Dissent
Hannah Arendt
Chapter 5 Encountering The Jewish Prophetic
Emmanuel Levinas
Epilogue: Encountering The Jewish Future
Notes
Index

Additional Info
Marc Ellis maintains that the most vital questions about Judaism are prefigured in the work of Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, and Emmanuel Levinas. Ellis’s work is framed by encounters with each thinker’s work, focusing on topics of God, the Holocaust, the prophetic legacy, philosophical and ethical standpoints, and Jewish empowerment and dissent.

Two generations after the Holocaust and Israel’s founding, Ellis argues that the uncertain future of Judaism requires a deeply personal and intellectual exploration of Jewish tradition and identity, in conversation with the best philosophical and theological minds of recent years.