Holy war in Judaism the fall and rise of a controversial idea
The transformations brought about by modernity required Jews to re-examine the traditional rabbinic prohibition against war in the light of the times. Within a hundred years the traditional safeguards were effectively removed for the majority of religious Jews that continued to take Jewish tradition...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, c2012
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The transformations brought about by modernity required Jews to re-examine the traditional rabbinic prohibition against war in the light of the times. Within a hundred years the traditional safeguards were effectively removed for the majority of religious Jews that continued to take Jewish traditional exegesis seriously. This full process, from removing holy war from possibility to reviving holy war as a paradigm for action, is the topic of this study |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 365 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199950621 |