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Author Eisen, Robert, 1960- author

Title Religious Zionism, Jewish law, and the morality of war : how five rabbis confronted one of modern Judaism's greatest challenges / Robert Eisen
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. War in Jewish Law before Zionism -- 3. R. Abraham Isaac Kook -- 4. R. Isaac Halevi Herzog -- 5. R. Eliezer Yehudah Waldenberg -- 6. R. Sha'ul Yisraeli -- 7. R. Sha'ul Yisraeli -- 8. R. Shlomo Goren -- 9. Summary and Conclusions
Summary "This study is a pioneering exploration of how rabbis in the religious Zionist community in Israel constructed a body of Jewish law on war. It focuses on five leading rabbis in this camp and how they dealt with a number of key moral issues that the waging of modern war raised"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Kook, Abraham Isaac, 1865-1935 -- Philosophy
Herzog, Isaac, 1888-1959 -- Philosophy
Ṿaldenberg, Eliʻezer Yehudah -- Philosophy
Yisraeli, Shaul R. -- Philosophy
Goren, Shlomo, 1917-1994 -- Philosophy
SUBJECT Goren, Shlomo, 1917-1994 fast
Herzog, Isaac, 1888-1959 fast
Kook, Abraham Isaac, 1865-1935 fast
Ṿaldenberg, Eliʻezer Yehudah fast
Yisraeli, Shaul R. fast
Subject War -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Religious Zionism -- Israel
Religious Zionists -- Attitudes
Jewish ethics.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Jewish ethics
Philosophy
Religious Zionism
Religious Zionists -- Attitudes
War -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Israel
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190687120
0190687126
9780190687106
019068710X