Shoah and Torah

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Synopsis

Shoah and Torah systematically takes up the task of reading the Shoah through the lens of the Torah and the Torah through the lens of the Shoah.The investigation rests upon (1) the metaphysical standing that the Nazis ascribed to the Torah, (2) the obliteration of the Torah in the extermination of the Jews, (3) the significance of the Torah for an understanding of the Shoah, and (4) the significance of the Shoah for an understanding of the Torah.The basis for the inquiry lies not in the content of a certain belief but in the categories of a certain mode of thought. Distinct from all other studies, this book is grounded in the categories of Jewish thought and Judaism—the categories of creation, revelation, and redemption—that the Nazis sought to obliterate in the Shoah.Thus, the investigation is itself a response to the Nazi project of the extermination of the Jews and the millennial testimony of the Jews to the Torah.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Studies in Second World War History
Author:
David Patterson
ISBN:
9781000472028
Related ISBNs:
9781003214816, 9781032103310, 9781032103297
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
252
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-11-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2022
Copyright by:
David Patterson 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction