{"product_id":"the-trial-of-god-as-it-was-held-on-february-25-1649-in-shamgorod-9780805210538","title":"The Trial of God: (as It Was Held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Play by Elie Wiesel\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Marion Wiesel\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Robert McAfee Brown\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Matthew Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere is God when innocent human beings suffer? This drama lays bare the most vexing questions confronting the moral imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSet in a Ukranian village in the year 1649, this haunting play takes place in the aftermath of a pogrom. Only two Jews, Berish the innkeeper and his daughter Hannah, have survived the brutal Cossack raids. When three itinerant actors arrive in town to perform a Purim play, Berish demands that they stage a mock trial of God instead, indicting Him for His silence in the face of evil. Berish, a latter-day Job, is ready to take on the role of prosecutor. But who will defend God? A mysterious stranger named Sam, who seems oddly familiar to everyone present, shows up just in time to volunteer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe idea for this play came from an event that Elie Wiesel witnessed as a boy in Auschwitz: \"Three rabbis--all erudite and pious men--decided one evening to indict God for allowing His children to be massacred. I remember: I was there, and I felt like crying. But there nobody cried.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired and challenged by this play, Christian theologians Robert McAfee Brown and Matthew Fox, in a new Introduction and Afterword, join Elie Wiesel in the search for faith in a world where God is silent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schocken Books Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805210538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.22w x 0.65d","brand":"Elie Wiesel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643932274844,"sku":"9780805210538","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_962f7bb3-4c8e-4462-be30-7be53d05a5b9.jpg?v=1603857567","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-trial-of-god-as-it-was-held-on-february-25-1649-in-shamgorod-9780805210538","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}