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A prophetic peace [electronic resource]

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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 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.

Title A prophetic peace [electronic resource] : Judaism, religion, and politics / Alick Isaacs.
Publisher Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Creation Date 2011
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (225 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010705904705171
MARC RECORDS
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