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Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications - Hardcover

Roth, John K.; Berenbaum, Michael

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9781557781871: Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications

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Book by Roth, John K., Berenbaum, Michael

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About the Author

John K. Roth is the Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has taught since 1966. In 1988, he was named National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Roth is a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington.

MICHAEL BERENBAUM was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at GeorgetownUniversity. From 1988-1993, he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where he was responsible for the conceptualization and development of the Museum's permanent exhibition. Berenbaum is the President and CEO of The Survivors of the Shoah, A Visual History Foundation, located in Los Angeles, CA.

Review

...an excellent source text on the Holocaust for students being introduced to that chapter in human history. -- Rabbi Jacob Shtull, John Carroll University

...an invaluable collection of religious and analytic accounts of the Holocaust and of its continuing consequences. -- Berel Lang, SUNY Albany

One cannot imagine a more comprehensive introduction to issues raised by the Holocaust than this volume. -- Robert McAfee Brown, Emeritus, Pacific School of Religion

The essential writings that illuminate the darkness around the least comprehensible event in human history. -- Peter Hay, Holocaust survivor, author of Ordinary Heroes: The Life and Death of Chana Szanes

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