▁literary , ▁the ological ▁and ▁J uda ic ▁comment ary . ▁The ▁novel ' s ▁protagon ists ▁symbol ically ▁proceed ▁through ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁the ological ▁views , ▁which ▁Wies el ' s ▁Mid r ash ic ▁style ▁literature ▁can ▁explore ▁where ▁the od icy ▁fails . ▁The ▁ending ▁sees ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁renew ed ▁myst ical ▁recon c ili ation ▁with ▁God . ▁ ▁Post - Hol oca ust ▁and ▁child ▁ab use ▁the ology ▁David ▁R . ▁Bl ument hal , ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁F acing ▁the ▁Ab using ▁God ▁( 1 9 9 3 ), ▁has ▁drawn ▁on ▁data ▁from ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁child ▁ab use ▁and ▁has ▁proposed ▁" wor ship ▁of ▁God ▁through ▁protest " ▁as ▁a ▁legit imate ▁response ▁of ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁and ▁child ▁ab use . ▁ ▁Another ▁writer ▁address ing ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁and ▁child ▁ab use ▁is ▁John ▁K . ▁Roth , ▁whose ▁ess ay ▁" A ▁The od icy ▁of ▁Protest " ▁is ▁included ▁in ▁Enc ounter ing ▁Ev il : ▁Live ▁Options ▁in ▁The od icy ▁( 1 9 8 2 ). ▁ ▁Works ▁of ▁important ▁Christian ▁the olog ians ▁ ▁J ürgen ▁Mol t mann ▁In ▁The ▁Cru c ified ▁God ▁J ürgen ▁Mol t mann ▁speak s ▁of ▁how ▁in ▁a ▁the ology ▁after ▁Aus ch witz ▁the ▁traditional ▁notion ▁of ▁God ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁re vised : ▁Sh atter ed ▁and ▁broken , ▁the ▁surv iv ors