Nationalizing Judaism - Zionism As a Theological Ideology

Nationalizing Judaism studies the transformation of Jewish themes, historical myths, biblical metaphors, and theological visions into a national interpretation-the Zionist movement and the Israeli state.

List of contents

Introduction
I.Nationalizing Utopia: The Million Plan: Theological Vision and the Salvation Plan
II.Nationalizing Messianism: How was messianism secularized?
III.Nationalizing Myths: Israeli, All Too Israeli: Akkedah, Nimrod, Herod
IV.Nationalizing Trauma: The Restorative Memory of Bar Kokhba Revolt
V.Nationalizing Land: Gershom Scholem's Children and the "Canaanite Messianism"
VI.Nationalizing Space: Anti-Messiah: Towards a Levantine Space
VII.Nationalizing Memory: National Funeral, Sacred Grave

About the author

By David Ohana - Contributions by Ari Barell and Michael Feige

Summary

Nationalizing Judaism studies the transformation of Jewish themes, historical myths, biblical metaphors, and theological visions into a national interpretation—the Zionist movement and the Israeli state.

Product details

• Authors: David Ohana, Ohana David
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781498543606
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4360-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Judaism / History, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Politics & government, Judaism, Middle Eastern history