Murder Most Merciful

Essays on the Ethical Conundrum Occasioned by Sigi Ziering's The Judgement of Herbert Bierhoff

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2005
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3203-4 (ISBN)

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Murder Most Merciful is a collection of insightful essays that consider Sigi Ziering's play, The Judgment of Herbert Bierhoff. In the play, Ziering tells the story of a loving father and his decision during the Holocaust to take the life of his beloved daughter to avoid her deportation. Scholars who have thought long and hard about the ethical implications of the Holocaust continue to grapple with the poignant questions Ziering raised.

Commentary from the book's diverse contributors, including Holocaust survivors, scholars, rabbis, philosophers, and historians, results in an insightful and provocative moral and theological exchange. Murder Most Merciful will stimulate further debate on the crucial issues of martyrdom, euthanasia, and the guilt of the innocent. Ultimately, the judgment of Herbert Bierhoff is for the reader to make. The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 28.

Michael Berenbaum, a writer and lecturer, is Professor of Theology (Adjunct) at the University of Judaism, and director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust. He holds a Ph.D. in Humanities from Florida State University. Dr. Berenbaum is President of the Berenbaum Group, a consulting firm specializing in the conceptual development of museums and the development of historical films. He is the former Project Director overseeing the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and former President and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Michael Berenbaum
Chapter 2 The Judgment of Herbert Bierhoff: Sigi Ziering
Chapter 3 Responses: Remember, but Do Not Resolve: Gershon Greenberg
Chapter 4 Shimon's Obsession: Robert Melson
Chapter 5 Despair, Murder, Death, Guilt, and Anger: Efraim Zuroff
Chapter 6 A Haunting Question: An Elusive Answer: Michael Berenbaum
Chapter 7 The Arms of Strangers: A Meditation on the Judgment of Herbert Bierhoff: John K. Roth
Chapter 8 Standing in Awe: Eugene Fisher
Chapter 9 Making Your Child a Martyr: Elliot N. Dorff
Chapter 10 The Judgment of the Nazis: Didier Pollefeyt
Chapter 11 Dream and Nightmare: Judging Herbert Bierhoff and Ourselves: Jonathan Freund
Chapter 12 Explanation, Understanding and Holding Holocaust Perpetrators Responsible: The Myth of the Slippery Slope to Exculpation: David H. Jones
Chapter 13 Those Left Behind: Rene Firestone
Chapter 14 An Interview with Sigi Ziering: Sigi Ziering
Chapter 15 Tribute: Roseanne Ziering
Chapter 16 Contributors
Chapter 17 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.2005
Reihe/Serie	Studies in the Shoah Series
Co-Autor	Michael Berenbaum, Sigi Ziering, Gershon Greenberg, Robert Melson
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	166 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7618-3203-3 / 0761832033
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3203-4 / 9780761832034
Zustand	Neuware