Judaism’s Challenge : : Election, Divine Love, and Human Enmity / / ed. by Alon Goshen-Gottstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Gellman, Jerome,; Goshen-Gottstein, Alon,; Greenberg, Gershon,; Kallus, Menachem,; Katz, Menachem,; Kimelman, Reuven,; Knohl, Israel,; Korn, Eugene,; Krajewski, Stanislaw,; Rose, Or,
• HerausgeberIn: Goshen-Gottstein, Alon,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish Thought, Jewish History: New Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)

One cannot think of Judaism without taking some stance relating to Israel’s special status, its election. The present collection highlights the challenges that Judaism faces, as it continues to uphold a sense of chosenness and as it seeks to engage the world beyond it—nations, as well as religions. The challenge is captured by the dual implication of election: divine love on the one hand and enmity with others on the other. Israel’s election, mission and vocation are played out within this tension of love, grounded in God and extending to humanity, and the opposite of love, as this finds expression in Israel’s relations with others. Israel must work out the purpose of its election and its realization in history in the tension between these two extremes. This challenge takes on great urgency in the context of advances in interfaith relations. These lead us to reflect on the meaning of Israel’s election as part of developing a contemporary Jewish theology of world religions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Israel and the Call of Love to Humanity -- The Election and Sanctity of Israel in the Hebrew Bible -- A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation -- Israel as Blessing: Theological Horizons -- Jewish Chosenness—A Contemporary Approach -- Aleinu—A Prayer Common to Jews and Gentile God-Fearers -- Two Dimensions of Jewish Identity -- Images of the Non-Jew in the Kedushat Levi: A Textual and Theological Exploration -- Israel’s Election and the Suffering of the Holocaust -- Israel’s Election and the Moral Dilemma of Amalek and the Seven Nations of Canaan -- From Enmity to Unity—Recovering the Ba’al Shem Tov’s Teachings on Non-Jews -- Conclusion: Judaism’s Challenge—Being Israel in Changing Circumstances -- Notes on Contributors -- Index