Holy war in Judaism: the fall and rise of a controversial idea
Pt. I. The ancient Jewish world: holy war in practice -- Holy war in the Bible -- Jewish holy war in practice: early success -- Holy war fails -- Pt. II. The world of the rabbis: holy war interrupted -- Rabbinic responses to war's failure -- Rabbinic typology of war -- Who is the enemy? -- Maim...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
[2012]
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Third Sacred War
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| Further subjects: | B
War
Religious aspects
Judaism
B Rabbinical literature History and criticsim B War in literature B War Religious aspects Judaism B Rabbinical literature History and criticism B Arab-Israeli conflict Religious aspects Judaism B War Biblical teaching B War Biblical teaching B Arab-Israeli conflict Religious aspects Judaism |
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| Summary: | Pt. I. The ancient Jewish world: holy war in practice -- Holy war in the Bible -- Jewish holy war in practice: early success -- Holy war fails -- Pt. II. The world of the rabbis: holy war interrupted -- Rabbinic responses to war's failure -- Rabbinic typology of war -- Who is the enemy? -- Maimonides' counting of the commandments -- Nahmanides' critique, and other thinkers -- Pt. III. The emergence of Jewish modernity: holy war on hold -- The crisis of modernity and Jewish responses -- From practicality to a new messianism -- The new Jew -- From Holocaust to holy war: Israel's war of independence -- Pt. IV. The Jewish State: holy war revived -- 1948 to 1967: from defensive war to preemptive war -- 1967 to 1973:the miracle of conquest and the test of Yom Kippur -- The 1980s: holy war and its excesses -- Conclusion: the resurrection of holy war |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis S. 327 - 346 |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 365 Seiten, 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0199860300 |