Post-Shoah Dialogues Re-Thinking Our Texts Together

by Moore, James F.; Knight, Henry; Garber, Zev; Jacobs, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780761828372
• ISBN10: 0761828370
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-09
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

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.

Author Biography

James F. Moore has a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Chicago and is Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University

Table of Contents

Preface:
James Moore	vii
Acknowledgements	xi
Chapter 1: Introducing the Dialogue,
James Moore	1	(10)
Chapter 2: Thinking the Tradition Anew: A New Reading of Genesis 32 and Matthew 26 in Light of the Shoah and Dialogue,
James Moore	11	(26)
Chapter 3: Night Encounters: Theologizing Dialogue,
Zev Garber	37	(16)
Chapter 4: Wrestling With Two Texts: A Post-Shoah Encounter: A Midrash on Genesis 32 and Matthew 26,
Henry Knight	53	(24)
Chapter 5: Wrestling With Biblical Texts After The Shoah,
Steven Jacobs	77	(18)
Chapter 6: Facing the Holy Whole,
Henry Knight	95	(14)
Chapter 7: Wrestling With God and the Devil,
Steven Jacobs	109	(12)
Chapter 8: Torah and Testimony,
Zev Garber	121	(11)
Chapter 9: Confronting Antisemitism,
James Moore	132	(11)
Chapter 10: Facing Our Texts Together,
Henry F. Knight	143	(22)
Chapter 11: Construction of a Post-Shoah Interfaith Dialogical Universal Ethic,
Steven Jacobs	165	(8)
Chapter 12: Toward an Ethic of Dialogue: The Pat of the Love Command,
James Moore	173	(8)
Chapter 13: Religious Intolerance and Prejudice: What's Love Got To Do With It?,
Zev Garber	181	(14)
Chapter 14: Coming to Terms With Amalek,
Henry Knight	195	(14)
Chapter 15: The Genocidal Mind,
Steven Jacobs	209	(12)
Chapter 16: The Genocidal Mind at the Heart of Our Religions,
James Moore	221	(10)
Chapter 17: Deconstructing Theodicy and Amalekut: A Personal Apologia,
Zev Garber	231	(20)
Index:	251	(6)
Contributing Authors	257