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A prophetic peace : Judaism, religion, and politics / Alick Isaacs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaacs, Alick, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lebanon War, 2006--Personal narratives, Israeli.
- Lebanon War, 2006.
- Soldiers--Israel--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Peace.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- War--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- War.
- Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
- Israel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 prophecy and rabbinic law, Isaacs draws on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber, among others, to propose an ambitious vision of religiously inspired peace.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613235978
- 9781283235976
- 1283235978
- 9780253005649
- 0253005647
- OCLC:
- 753559419
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