Murder Most Merciful - Essays on the Ethical Conundrum Occasioned by Sigi Ziering's The Judgement of Herbert Bierhoff (Paperback, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in the Shoah Series
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	April 2005
Editors:	Michael Berenbaum
Contributors:	Michael Berenbaum • Sigi Ziering • Gershon Greenberg • Robert Melson • Simon Wiesenthal Center, Jerusalem • John K. Roth • Eugene Fisher • Elliot N Dorff • Didier Pollefeyt
Dimensions:	229 x 166 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-3203-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Miscellaneous items > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7618-3203-3
Barcode:	9780761832034

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