Religious Zionism, Jewish Law, and the Morality of War - How Five Rabbis Confronted One of Modern Judaism s Greatest

Zusatztext To understand how Judaism copes with war, Robert Eisen, professor of religion and Judaic studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., focused on the writings and teachings of five influential rabbis in the religious Zionist movement ... The result of Eisen's remarkable enterprise is...[a] scholarly but also superbly written book. Informationen zum Autor Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion at George Washington University Klappentext This study is a pioneering exploration of how rabbis in the religious Zionist community in Israel constructed a body of Jewish law on war. It focuses on five leading rabbis in this camp and how they dealt with a number of key moral issues that the waging of war raised. Zusammenfassung This study is a pioneering exploration of how rabbis in the religious Zionist community in Israel constructed a body of Jewish law on war. It focuses on five leading rabbis in this camp and how they dealt with a number of key moral issues that the waging of war raised. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: War in Jewish Law Before Zionism Chapter Three: R. Abraham Isaac Kook Chapter Four: R. Isaac Halevi Herzog Chapter Five: R. Eliezer Yehudah Waldenberg Chapter Six: R. Sha'ul Yisraeli: The Essay on Kibiyeh Chapter Seven: R. Sha'ul Yisraeli: The Later Writings Chapter Eight: R. Shlomo Goren Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusions Works Cited

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Eisen, Robert (Professor of Religion and Judaic St Eisen, Robert (Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies Eisen, Eisen Robert
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780190687090
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068709-0
• Seiten: 312
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Judaism, Religious ethics, Judaism: theology, Israel; Zionist; Jewish; community