A Prophetic Peace : Judaism, Religion, and Politics /

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Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, and peace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. In his insightful readings of the texts of Biblical pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isaacs, Alick, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Israel. > Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
Israel. > Tseva haganah le-Yisrael.
War > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Soldiers.
Arab-Israeli conflict > Peace.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Conflit israelo-arabe > Paix.
Soldiers > Israel > Biography.
Lebanon War, 2006 > Personal narratives, Israeli.
Lebanon.
Israel.
Electronic resource.
Personal narratives > Israeli.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Lebanon II; Chapter 1 Politics, Anti-Politics, and Religion; Chapter 2 Irenic Scholarship; Chapter 3 Theological Disarmament; Chapter 4 Deconstruction and the Prophetic Voice; Chapter 5 Messianic Peace; Chapter 6 The Rabbinic Voice; Chapter 7 A Prayer for Peace; Chapter 8 Peace Education; Afterword: Beating Softly; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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