Judaism and theology

by Louis Jacobs

"Although Jewish theological thinking suffered something of an eclipse during the first half of the twentieth century, a revival took place in the post-Holocaust era, when thinking people grappled with the implications of the terrible events for religious faith. In the essays presented in this book, the author addresses some of the most burning questions but also provides surveys of contemporary Jewish religious life in the various communities and of the attitudes of Jewish thinkers to other religious faiths. For the first time a comprehensive account of Halakhic attitudes towards Christianity is presented. The differences in Jewish mystical thought and that of Christianity and other faiths are studied, along with the Jewish view of the relationship of faith to tradition compared with that of other religions."--BOOK JACKET.