Zachary Braiterman

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Braiterman, Zachary; Novak, David; Kavka, Martin, eds. (2012). The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy (Volume 2: The Modern Era). Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521852432. ISBN   9781139016537. [21]
  • The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought. Stanford University Press. 2007. ISBN   978-0-8047-5321-0. [22]
  • (God) After Auschwitz: Tradition and Change in Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought. Princeton University Press. 1998. ISBN   978-0-691-05941-9. [23] [24]

    • Notes

    1. ↑ Braiterman's work is at the intersection of philosophy and Jewish Studies. He is the editor for the Indiana University Press New Jewish Philosophy and Thought, Series, [1] additionally he edited The Cambridge History Of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era (Volume 2) with David Novak and Martin Kavka [2] and finally his book The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought which is with Stanford University Press is categorized as Philosophy / Aesthetics and Jewish Studies. [3]
    2. ↑ Braiterman stated his use of antitheodicy was a neologism; however, it appeared in a 1976 paper by theologian Edward Berckman, albeit in a different sense. [5]

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    References

    1. ↑ Indiana University Press Series: New Jewish Philosophy and thought
    2. ↑ The Cambridge History Of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era (Volume 2)
    3. ↑ Stanford University Press: The Shape of Revelation by Zachary Braiterman
    4. ↑ "Zachary J. Braiterman".
    5. ↑ Cooper 2009, p. 222.
    6. ↑ Cooper 2009, p. 138.
    7. 1 2 Garner, Dan (2008). "The Nature of Ultra-Orthodox Responses to the Holocaust". Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies. 4: 1–11.
    8. ↑ Raphael, Melissa (2002). "Is Patriarchal Theology Still Patriarchal? Reading Theologies of the Holocaust from a Feminist Perspective". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 18 (2): 105–113. JSTOR   25002443.
    9. ↑ Cooper 2009, pp. 138–139.
    10. ↑ Admirand 2012, pp. 185–186.
    11. ↑ Admirand 2012, pp. 217.
    12. ↑ Pinnock 2002, p. 156.
    13. ↑ Eisenstadt 2014, p. 294.
    14. ↑ Urban, Martina (2008). "Zachary Braiterman, The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought". Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture. 2 (1): 231–234. doi:10.1163/187180008X408735.
    15. ↑ Raphael 2009, p. 4.
    16. ↑ Lieberman 2015, p. 8.
    17. ↑ "Zachary J. Braiterman". Syracuse University. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
    18. ↑ Neusner, Jacob (2000). "Teaching Jewish Studies 'Under Gentile Auspices' Versus the Academic Study of Religion, Including Judaism: Response to Zachary Braiterman". Religious Education. 95 (1): 94–104. doi:10.1080/0034408000950109. S2CID   144444150.
    19. ↑ "Zachary Braiterman". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
    20. ↑ "Zachary Braiterman". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
    21. ↑ Bernstein, Jeffrey (2013). "The Cambridge History Of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era (Volume 2) Martin Kavka, Zachary Braiterman, and David Novak (eds.), The Cambridge History Of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era (Volume 2), Cambridge University Press, 2012, 891pp., $200.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780521852432". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. University of Notre Dame Philosophy Department. ISSN   1538-1617.
    22. ↑ Kavka, Martin (2008). "Book Review: Zachary Braiterman, . The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought. Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture". The Journal of Religion . 88 (3): 425–426. doi:10.1086/590035.
    23. ↑ Cohn-Sherbok, Dan (1999). "Book Review: (God) After Auschwitz". Theology . 102 (809): 377–378. doi:10.1177/0040571X9910200523. S2CID   170791351.
    24. ↑ Eisen, Robert (2002). "Zachary Braiterman. (God) After Auschwitz: Tradition and Change in Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought". AJS Review . 26 (2): 376–378. doi:10.1017/S036400940234011X. S2CID   161274872.

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