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HOPE AGAINST HOPE: JOHANN BAPTIST METZ AND ELIE WIESEL SPEAK OUT ON THE HOLOCAUST. By Ekkehard Schuster and Reinhold Boschert-- Kimming. Translated by J. Matthew Ashley. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1999. 106 pp.
What is fascinating about both reflective dialogues-with Johann Baptist Metz, a Roman Catholic, and Elie Wiesel, an Hasidic Jew-is that they offer insights from virtually unrelated philosophical and religious vantage points, yet are bound by their passion for narrative and remembrance. This alone makes this book a religious challenge as well as an invaluable contribution to both modern theology in general and to Holocaust studies in particular.
The book is evenly divided between two subsections, including a brief introductory...