The peace and violence of Judaism from the Bible to modern Zionism

Robert Eisen provides the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish views on peace and violence, demonstrating that Judaism has exhibited ambiguity on this theme throughout its history, and exploring why that ambiguity exists. This study will be of interest not only to students of Judaism but to studen...

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Main Author: Eisen, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011, c2011
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