Judaism’s Challenge : : Election, Divine Love, and Human Enmity /

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

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....

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
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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

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