Wrestling with two texts: a post-shoah encounter: a midrash on Genesis 32 and Matthew 26
TitleWrestling with two texts: a post-shoah encounter: a midrash on Genesis 32 and Matthew 26
Author
Call number296.3/0026
Object number02235d
Place of publicationLanham, Maryland, United States
PublisherUniversity Press of America
Year of publication
2004
Physical descriptionpp53-78
MaterialArticle
Series titleStudies in the Shoah Vol.XXV
ISBN0761828370
NotesArticle from the book 'Post-Shoah dialogues' pp53-78
Description
The essay examines two interrelated questions: what might Jews and Christians discover if they met over a shared biblical text in an honest and forthright attempt to interpret a text each honoured as the Word of God and secondly if they examined a text which for one was sacred and paradigmatic and for the other historically and existentially problematic