Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 365 p)
ISBN:
9780199950621
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199860302
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780199860302
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860302.001.0001