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2 david r. blumenthal: an intellectual portrait David Blumenthal has spent his adult life as an academic scholar teach-ing Jewish studies courses at elite academic institutions in the United States: the University of Minnesota, Brown University, and Emory University. Since 1981 he has held the Jay and Leslie Cohen Chair of Judaic Studies at Emory
David R. Blumenthal. Professor Blumenthal took his B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He teaches and writes on constructive Jewish theology, medieval Judaism, Jewish mysticism, and holocaust studies. His previous published works include numerous scholarly articles, reviews, and eleven books including ...
Oct 27, 2016 · While two Jewish theologians, Anson Laytner and David Blumenthal, have composed important and influential constructive works on the arguing-with-God expression, and other scholars have treated the ...
INTERVIEW WITH DAVID R. BLUMENTHAL SEpTEMBER 2, 2012 Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes David, we normally begin the interviews for the Library of Contempo-rary Jewish Philosophers asking the philosopher to talk about him- or herself. You are quite exceptional in that you have written about your-self most openly.
Dec 8, 2021 · In a major work on this topic from a Jewish perspective, David Blumenthal maintains that in light of the immense suffering over the course of human history, epitomized by the Holocaust and the sexual abuse of children, it is appropriate to treat “abusiveness” as one of God’s attributes (Blumenthal 1993, 235).
Sep 20, 2002 · The Banality of Good and Evil, by David R. Blumenthal, a scholar/rabbi of Judaic Studies at Emory University, is a welcome addition to the understanding of good and evil. What makes this work unique is that Professor Blumenthal has been able to combine the research from social and experimental psychology, philosophy, education, literature on the Holocaust and rescuers during the Nazi era, and ...
David R. Blumenthal is Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religion at Emory University. Among his numerous other books are God at the Center (Harper & Row, 1988/Jason Aronson, 1994) and Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest (Westminster/John Knox, 1993).
