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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789155703321

Autore

Salmon Yosef

Titolo

Do not provoke Providence : Orthodoxy in the grip of nationalism / / Yoself Salmon ; translated from the Hebrew by Joel A. Linsider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61811-072-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Collana

Judaism and Jewish Life

Judaism and Jewish life

Altri autori (Persone)

LinsiderJoel A

Disciplina

296.832

Soggetti

Orthodox Judaism

Zionism and Judaism

Judaism and state

Religious Zionism - Philosophy

Palestine In Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. The land of Israel in Orthodox Jewish thought -- part two. From support to uncertainty in the era of Hovevei Ziyyon -- part four. The national state and society : transforming religious values into national values -- part five. Religious Zionism : a general perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

Do Not Provoke Providence: Orthodoxy in the Grip of Nationalism deals with the whole complex of relations between the Land of Israel, the Jewish Torah, and the People of Israel from the Pre-Zionist Period until the establishment of the State of Israel. The book examines the dynamics of those relations through the modernization of Jewish society, and the problem of Jewish Identity vis-a-vis modernity. The discussion follows historical events in both philosophy and everyday life. It explores the anti-Zionist sphere and also discusses the attitudes toward the conflict of religion and nationalism in the world of Religious Zionism. The dispute between advocates of a religious concept of the community and proponents of a secular nation revolved primarily around perceptions of the ideal relationship between the religious and national entities. One group sought to make religion a tool of the



nation; the other sought to make the nation a tool of religion.