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Approaches to Auschwitz : the Holocaust and its legacy

Author: Richard L Rubenstein; John K Roth
Publisher: Atlanta : John Knox Press, ©1987.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Extensive research traces the origins of the Holocaust to the earliest anti-Jewish policies of the Greco-Roman world. the study provides a comprehensive examination of the anti-Jewish campaign as it asks the philosophical question...

Of how such a monumental calamity occurred. in the aftermath of the Holocaust, the authors seek to ask if the possibility of a similar historical process could occur again. this is a

Political, and theological questions are thoroughly discussed by two authors, one Christian, one Jewish.  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Rubenstein, Richard L.
Approaches to Auschwitz.
Atlanta : John Knox Press, c1987
(OCoLC)569774545
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard L Rubenstein; John K Roth
ISBN: 080420778X : 9780804207782 0804207771 : 9780804207775
OCLC Number: 15014930
Notes: Includes indexes.
Description: ix, 422 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Early historical roots --
The Jew as outsider: the Greco-Roman and early Christian worlds --
The triumph of Christianity and the "teaching of contempt" --
The irony of emancipation: a French connection --
The Nazis in power --
Toward total domination --
War and the final solution --
Victims and survivors --
Responses to the Holocaust --
Their brothers' keepers? Christians, churches, and Jews --
Business as usual? Professions and industries during the Holocaust --
What can--and cannot--be said? Literary responses to the Holocaust --
The silence of God: Philosophical and religious reflection on the Holocaust --
The aftermath and the future --
The legacy of the Holocaust.
Responsibility: Richard L. Rubenstein, John K. Roth.

Abstract:

Extensive research traces the origins of the Holocaust to the earliest anti-Jewish policies of the Greco-Roman world. the study provides a comprehensive examination of the anti-Jewish campaign as it asks the philosophical question...

Of how such a monumental calamity occurred. in the aftermath of the Holocaust, the authors seek to ask if the possibility of a similar historical process could occur again. this is a landmark work in which major philosophical, ...

Political, and theological questions are thoroughly discussed by two authors, one Christian, one Jewish.

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