Encountering the Jewish future : with Elie Wiesel, Martin Buber, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas / Marc H. Ellis.

"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 Holocau...

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Main Author: Ellis, Marc H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2011.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Encountering the Holocaust : Elie Wiesel -- Encountering the Bible : Martin Buber -- Encountering God after : Abraham Joshua Heschel -- Encountering Jewish politics : Hannah Arendt -- Encountering the Jewish prophetic : Emmanuel Levinas. 
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