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The seismic shifts in Jewish identity and scholarship following the Holocaust and the 1967 Six-Day War demanded new frameworks for understanding Jewish-Christian relations, biblical interpretation, and Holocaust remembrance. Three groundbreaking works illuminate these transformations through distinct methodological approaches. Howard Singer's "Bring Forth the Mighty Men" reveals how "Auschwitz trauma" catalyzed a dramatic shift from Jewish historical victimhood to military and political agency, drawing on extensive interviews and historical analysis to map this psychological and cultural evolution. Samuel Sandmel's "The First Christian Century in Judaism and Christianity" challenges conventional interpretations of early Jewish-Christian differentiation, advocating for rigorous textual analysis over speculative historical reconstruction while examining pivotal figures like Paul. Through approximately 100 illustrated works, Gerald Green's "The Artists of Terezin" captures how imprisoned Jewish artists transformed creative expression into both historical documentation and psychological resistance within concentration camps. Together, these works exemplify the field's methodological evolution from traditional historical approaches toward phenomenological and experiential frameworks, reflecting broader transformations in post-Holocaust Jewish intellectual discourse and the profound impact of Israeli statehood on Jewish identity formation.

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    Published 1970

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