The Jewish Bible After the Holocaust: A Re-Reading

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In 1926 Martin Buber published a groundbreaking essay titled "The Man ofToday and the Jewish Bible." Reprinted numerous times since, that essay has helpedseveral generations of Jews and Christians to find a believing contact with what toChristians is the Old Testament and to Jews, the Ta'nach. More than sixty yearslater the task must be redone. The Central European intellectuals of whom Buberwrote in 1926 were disillusioned with modern secularism. Jews of today, havingsuffered the Holocaust and experienced the rise of the State of Israel, must findnew ways to make meaningful contact with the Bible. Emil L.Fackenheim provides a modern interpretation of the Bible for the Jew of today andpresents new possibilities for a shared Jewish-Christian reading. His book will beof considerable importance to students of Jewish thought and to anyone interested inissues of Jewish-Christian dialogue.

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