{"product_id":"self-portrait-of-a-holocaust-survivor-9780822945079","title":"Self-Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Werner Weinberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hebrew Union College Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe breadth of Werner Weinberg's scholarship was prodigious, yielding monographs on ancient Hebrew epigraphy and biblical exegesis; the syntax of Rabbinic Hebrew; medieval grammars; and numerous studies on various aspects of Modern Hebrew. Both Weinberg and Lisl, his wife, survived internment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. This collection of essays reprinted here, a little more than three decades after it first appeared, conveys Weinberg's ongoing struggle to put into words something that might offer understanding to post-Holocaust generations. But they are also about a survivor's own desire for meaning and sense in a senseless world. Most essays are framed around a series of questions which constitute Weinberg's \"prison,\" and each time he attempts to pass through its portal, he finds himself \"held back at the threshold.\" \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor\u003c\/i\u003e fuses together Weinberg's most personal reflections alongside careful analysis by an erudite theologian fully-versed in traditional Jewish sources and historiography. He moves between resisting and acquiescing to the implications of Bergen-Belsen, never shying away from the most painful questions about God, morality, virtue, and the individual's potential to do good. While today there is a vast literature penned by holocaust survivors and historians, this collection grapples with the concept of survivorship from a unique perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hebrew Union College Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890096783511,"sku":"9780822945079","price":3859.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780822945079.webp?v=1781178806","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/self-portrait-of-a-holocaust-survivor-9780822945079","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}