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Silverman, Emily Leah,

Edith Stein and Regina Jonas : Religious Visionaries in the Time of the Death Camps / Emily Leah Silverman. - xiv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Religion and Violence .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Desire -- Why Edith Stein? Why Regina Jonas? -- Stein's and Jonas's views of women: the philosophy student and the rabbinical student -- Pt. II. Vision -- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross reveals the whole megillah as Edith Stein -- Regina Jonas: from candidate to rabbinerin -- Pt. III. God -- Stein suffering on the cross: the call of Abram Lech Lecha -- Rabbinerin Regina Jonas: seeing the face of the Shekhinah -- A theology of resistance as liberation in the death camps.

ISBN: 9781844657193 (paperback) 1844657191 9781844657186 (hardcover) 1844657183 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2013388689

Subjects--Personal Names:
Stein, Edith, Saint, 1891-1942.
Jonas, Regina, 1902-1944.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Carmelite Nuns--Germany--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women rabbis--Germany--Berlin--Biography.
Women concentration camp inmates--Biography.
Christian converts from Judaism--Religious life.
Jewish women--Religious life.
Gender identity.

LC Class. No.: BX4705.S814 / S553 2013

Dewey Class. No.: K36.6 / SI395