Reading the Hebrew Bible After the Shoah: Engaging Holocaust Theology

Is theology possible after the Shoah? Marvin Sweeney challenges biblical theologians to take that question with utmost seriousness. Sweeney examines often ignored biblical texts where ancient Israel contemplated the problem of apparent divine absence and "divine evil," and finds the perspective of post-Holocaust theology an indispensable interpretive resource. In biblical stories like those of Abraham, Moses, Jeroboam, Manasseh, Josiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Esther, Job, and more, Sweeney finds the recognition "that human beings cannot always depend upon God to act to ensure righteousness in the world." The insistence, common among Holocaust theologians, that human beings must assume their own responsibility for doing justice and righteousness in the world is, Sweeney argues, powerfully present already in the Bible itself. This book is an important contribution to modern biblical theology and to Holocaust theology as well.

Author: Marvin a. Sweeney
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 08/29/2008
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780800638498

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 06/16/2009 pg. 32

About the Author
Sweeney, Marvin a.: -

Marvin A. Sweeney is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of Zephanaiah (Hermeneia, Fortress Press, 2003), Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah: Engaging Holocaust Theology (Fortress Press, 2008), and many others.

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