1. Introduction: Jewish Existence Covenant Transformations Covenant and Modernity The Contemporary Covenantal Crisis Literary Response to Covenant Crisis American Judaism and the Holocaust Contributions of American Jewish Holocaust Novelists 2. Holocaust as Watershed Holocaust Problematics Theological Responses Theology and Literature Is the Holocaust Beyond Artistic Expression? Who Should Write of the Holocaust? Trivializing the Holocaust American Jewish Writers and the Holocaust: A Critique The Role of the American Jewish Novelist 3. Holocaust Responses I: Judaism as a Religious Value System The Holocaust and American Diaspora Jewry Hasidic Tales Considering the Evidence Arthur A. Cohen Cynthia Ozick Hugh Nissenson Elie Wiesel Isaac B. Singer Conclusion 4. Holocaust Responses II: Judaism as a Secular Value System Considering the Evidence Bernard Malamud Saul Bellow Susan F. Schaeffer Cynthia Ozick Pre-Holocaust America: Jewish Existence and Covenant Diminishment Hugh Nissenson Robert Kotlowitz Conclusion 5. Holocaust Responses III: Symbolic Judaism Considering the Evidence Philip Roth Richard Elman Edward Lewis Wallant Norma Rosen Bernard Malamud Conclusion 6. Holocaust and Covenant The Central Question for Contemporary Judaism Holocaust Fiction Lato Sensu Problems and Possibilities Notes Index