Zionism and Judaism - A New Theory

This book argues that Zionism is only a coherent political stance when it is intelligently rooted in Judaism.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Why Zionism?; 2. Was Spinoza the first Zionist?; 3. Secular Zionism: political or cultural?; 4. Should Israel be a theocracy?; 5. Why the Jews and why the land of Israel?; 6. Can the state of Israel be both Jewish and democratic?; 7. What could be the status of non-Jews in a Jewish state?; 8. What is the connection between the Holocaust and the state of Israel?

About the author

David Novak holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair in Jewish Studies as Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the American Academy for Jewish Research. He is President of the Union for Traditional Judaism, and Vice President of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. Novak also serves as a Consulting Scholar for the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, New Jersey and as a Project Scholar for the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Summary

This book argues that Zionism is only a coherent political stance when it is intelligently rooted in Judaism, especially in the classical Jewish doctrine of God's election of the people of Israel and the commandment to them to settle the land of Israel.

Product details

• Authors: David Novak
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107099951
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09995-1
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Israel, RELIGION / Judaism / General, Nationalism, Philosophy, Middle East, Religion: general, Theology, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Religion and Politics