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Zionism and Judaism : a new theory /

"Why should anyone be a Zionist, a supporter of a Jewish state in the land of Israel? Why should there be a Jewish state in the land of Israel? This book seeks to provide a philosophical answer to these questions. Although a Zionist need not be Jewish, nonetheless this book argues that Zionism...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Novak, David, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Why Zionism?
  • Introduction
  • Political Rhetoric
  • Psychological Motivation
  • Jewish Celebration/Jewish Commemoration
  • Reasons of the Commandments
  • Four Kinds of Jews
  • Four Kinds of Non-Jews
  • 2. Was Spinoza the First Zionist?
  • Ben-Gurion and Spinoza
  • Spinoza's Inversions of Classical Jewish Theology
  • The Proto-Zionist Statement
  • Spinoza's Old-New Judaism
  • Spinoza and the Zionist Dilemma
  • 3. Secular Zionism: Political or Cultural?
  • Secular Zionism
  • Political Zionism
  • Cultural Zionism
  • Hebrew Jurisprudence
  • 4. Should Israel Be a Theocracy?
  • What Is Theocracy?
  • The Primacy of Theology
  • God Chooses to Create the Universe as God's Possession
  • God Chooses to Create the Human Person
  • 5. Why the Jews and Why the Land of Israel?
  • God Chooses Israel
  • God Chooses the Land of Israel
  • 6. Can the State of Israel Be Both Jewish and Democratic?
  • Jewish Religion and Secular Law.
  • The Problem with Current Israeli Secularism
  • Principled Agreement
  • Whose Democracy?
  • Divinely Sanctioned Secularity
  • Authentic Jewish Secularity
  • The Commandment to Acquire and Settle the Land
  • A Communal Obligation
  • Human Volition
  • 7. What Could Be the Status of Non-Jews in a Jewish State?
  • Rethinking the Status of Non-Jews
  • The Resident-Alien
  • The Equalization of Civil Rights
  • Potential Jews
  • Non-Jewish Autonomy
  • Right and Might
  • 8. What Is the Connection Between the Holocaust and the State of Israel?
  • Historical and Political Sequences
  • Holocaust Theologies
  • Messianic Theologies
  • Theory and Praxis
  • Another Messianism.