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Theodicy in the Time of the Holocaust. Rabbi Szlomo Zalman Unsdorfer’s Wartime Sermons

Barbara Krawcowicz

barbara.krawcowicz@ntnu.no

Barbara Krawcowicz – doktor filozofii (Uniwersytet Warszawski) oraz religioznawstwa i studiów żydowskich (Indiana University Bloomington), tłumaczka, specjalizuje się w nowożytnym i współczesnym judaizmie; publikowała m.in. w „Method and Theory in the Study of Religion”, „Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies” oraz „The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy”;
jej książka History, Metahistory, and Evil – Jewish Responses to the Holocaust ukaże się wkrótce nakładem Academic Studies Press.


Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 15 (2019), Pages: 465-491

Submission Date: 2020-09-07

Publication Date: 2019-12-20

DOI logo https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.2020.15.19

Abstract

Many analyses of the Holocaust’s influence on Jewish theology emphasize the dimension of the lack of continuation. From this perspective, the Holocaust, as an unprecedented event, made the Jewish theology face new inquiries, at the same time radically questioning the traditional answers. The wartime letters written by Orthodox rabbis who were witnesses to and victims of the intensifying repressions constitute a fascinating primary source, the analysis of which makes it possible to paint a picture of the transformation of Jewish theology in reaction to the Holocaust. Krawcowicz presents an interpretation of rabbi Szlomo Zalman Unsdorfer’s wartime sermons, laying stress on the many dimensions in which Unsdorfer’s thought is a continuation of selected threads of rabbinical tradition and the way in which it fits into the framework of the traditional Jewish theological responses to historical catastrophes rather
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Krawcowicz, B. . (2019). Theodicy in the Time of the Holocaust. Rabbi Szlomo Zalman Unsdorfer’s Wartime Sermons . Zagłada Żydów. Studia I Materiały, (15), 465–491. https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.2020.15.19

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No. 15 (2019)

ISSN:
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Data publikacji:
2019-12-20

Dział: From research workshops