This book comprises a series of ten essays written by the authors both individually and collaboratively. While the subjects of these essays are wide ranging, they share a common recognition that issues at the forefront of contemporary Jewish thought must be measured against the background of ancient traditions that revisit rabbinic and biblical times and beyond. The intent of these essays is to illustrate how shadows of longstanding traditions continue to shade current perceptions. The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 26.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Modern Events in Ancient Perspectives: Why Do We Call the Holocaust "The Holocaust"?: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Labels; The Practice of Judaism During the Shoah, 1933-1945; The Furor Over the Auschwitz Convent: The Inside and Outside of the Chapter 4 Teaching and Learning from the Past: Choosing Among the Strands: Teaching Hebrew Bible Survey to Undergraduates at a Secular University; Teaching Shoah Matters: A Personal Memoir Chapter 5 Evolution and Revolution: The Bible, the Sistine Chapel and the Liberty Bell: How Do We Understand the Bible in Tradition; Faith from the Ashes: An Interview with Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller von Sell Chapter 6 Ancient Texts and Modern Technologies: Every Dot and Tiddle: A Consideration of the Limitation of Computer Imaging for the Study of Dead Sea Scrolls; Working with a Little More Data: New Finds in the 20th Century; Semitic Language of the Ancient Wor Chapter 7 General Index Chapter 8 Source Index

Zev Garber is Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Los Angeles Valley College. Additionally, he is Editor-in-Chief of Studies in the Shoah series (University Press of America) and co-editor of Shofar, a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish Studies. Bruce Zuckerman is Associate Professor in the School of Religion, Director of the Archaeological Research Collection, and Director of the West Semitic Research Project at the University of Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from Yale University.