Strange Fire: Reading the Bible after the Holocaust - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814751660 ISBN 13: 9780814751664

Publisher: NYU Press, 2000

Synopsis

There can be little doubt that the Holocaust was an event of major consequence for the twentieth century. While there have been innumerable volumes published on the implications of the Holocaust for history, philosophy, and ethics, there has been a surprising lack of attention paid to the theoretical and practical effects of the Shoah on biblical interpretation.
Strange Fire addresses the implications of the Holocaust for interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, bringing together a diverse and distinguished range of contributors, including Richard Rubenstein, Elie Wiesel, and Walter Brueggemann, to discuss theoretical and methodological considerations emerging from the Shoah and to demonstrate the importance of these considerations in the reading of specific biblical texts. The volume addresses such issues as Jewish and Christian biblical theology after the Holocaust, the ethics of Christian appropriation of Jewish scripture, and the rethinking of biblical models of suffering and sacrifice from a post-Holocaust perspective.
The first book of its kind, Strange Fire will establish a benchmark for all future work on the topic.

About this title

About the Author:

TOD LINAFELT is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Georgetown University. He is the author of Surviving Lamentations and a commentary on the book of Ruth.

Review:

"This is a brave and brilliant book -- and constitutes a quantum leap forward for global feminist theory." -Robin Morgan,

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0814751660
• ISBN 13: 9780814751664
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Linafelt Tod