Wrestling with the Angel: Toward a Jewish Understanding of the Nazi Assault on the Name
This book shows that, proceeding from philosophical precedents, the Nazis undertook an assault on God, who in the Jewish tradition is known as the Name and that this assault has implications for Jewish thinking about Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust era. It shows that in the assault on the Name, there is an assault on the name—that is, on the very identity—of the Jew. The book examines the tradition of philosophical anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust, how that Jew hatred manifested...
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This book shows that, proceeding from philosophical precedents, the Nazis undertook an assault on God, who in the Jewish tradition is known as the Name and that this assault has implications for Jewish thinking about Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust era. It shows that in the assault on the Name, there is an assault on the name - that is, on the very identity - of the Jews. The book examines the tradition of philosophical anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust, how that Jew hatred manifested itself during the Holocaust as an assault on God and Israel, and what the Jewish people can do in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Introduction : wrestling with the angelCh. 1Modern and postmodern dimensions of the Holocaust1Ch. 2The harrowing of the Holy One43Ch. 3The desecration of the origin91Ch. 4The death of the angel of death137Ch. 5Word and meaning : a memory and a name181A closing word : what is your name?225
