{"product_id":"life-against-death-volume-2-the-holocaust-and-jewish-christian-relations-9780827616134","title":"Life Against Death, Volume 2: The Holocaust and Jewish-Christian Relations","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife Against Death, Volume 2\u003c\/i\u003e, Rabbi Irving Greenberg curates, introduces, and reflects on the most important essays written over the course of his lifetime on the Holocaust and Jewish-Christian relations, from 1977 to 2016. These influential works recognized as classic in his oeuvre identify turning points in Jewish life along with policies key to successful Jewish living in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreenberg begins by reflecting on the universal struggle of life against death in the world. Judaism and the Jewish people are meant to serve as an avant-garde in repairing the world by overcoming the enemies of life, including oppression, war, and death. Against this, antisemitism has been a pathological force in Jewish history. The Holocaust was an almost successful attempt to obliterate Jewry as well as Judaism's teachings and values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Part 1, \"The Holocaust,\" Greenberg traces the development of his pioneering theological responses meant to incorporate this catastrophe into Jewish life while repairing the credibility and real life effectiveness of Jewish religion: the mandate to recreate life on the greatest possible scale; the discovery that God had relinquished control in history so that humans could take greater responsibility in shaping historical outcomes; and the flourishing of pluralism as an antidote to the flawed nature of even the noblest of singular paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Part 2, \"Jewish-Christian Relations,\" he offers the most positive Jewish theology of Christianity ever produced by a traditional Jewish thinker: a trailblazing vision that God meant Judaism and Christianity to be covenantal partners and parallel channels to bring \u003ci\u003etikkun olam\u003c\/i\u003e to humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew introductions to each essay narrate behind-the-scenes stories and breakthroughs formative to its contents, as well as Greenberg's hindsight: evolving thoughts, recognitions of past errors, comparisons of his predictions versus realities, and insights on relevance of the core principles in our changed times. Readers will get to know Greenberg as a thought leader, an activist, a man, and a Jew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Publication Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780827616134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280","brand":"Greenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933780766901,"sku":"9780827616134","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-against-death-volume-2-the-holocaust-and-jewish-christian-relations-9780827616134","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}