Crisis and Covenant

Download or read book Crisis and Covenant written by Alan L. Berger and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the effect of the Holocaust on traditional attempts to explain the Jewish people's sufferings while retaining the concept of covenant with God. also examines its influence on the self-image of American Jewry. Analyzes the works of Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow, and Cynthia Ozick, among others, and suggests that awareness of a covenantal concept of Judaism is a criterion for authentic Holocaust literature. Adopts the definition of the Holocaust as a unique event - the plan to exterminate an entire nation, and describes various approaches to theological problems raised by the Holocaust.