04270nam 22007094a 450 991045178270332120210527220356.01-281-73010-697866117301090-300-12929-710.12987/9780300129298(CKB)1000000000471918(EBL)3420038(SSID)ssj0000275088(PQKBManifestationID)11235425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275088(PQKBWorkID)10331714(PQKB)10457167(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157995(MiAaPQ)EBC3420038(DE-B1597)484804(OCoLC)1013957818(DE-B1597)9780300129298(Au-PeEL)EBL3420038(CaPaEBR)ebr10170064(OCoLC)923589132(EXLCZ)99100000000047191820030127d2003 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrWrestling with an angel[electronic resource] power, morality, and jewish identity /Ehud Luz ; translated from the Hebrew by Michael SwirsyNew Haven Yale University Pressc20031 online resource (363 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-09293-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Introduction --1. Power, Freedom, and Political Independence in Jewish Thought --2. Shame, Guilt, and Suffering in Jewish Culture until Modern Times --3. The Shame of Exile and the Zionist Recovery of Jewish Dignity --4. ''The Remnant of Israel'' --5. The Wager in Greenberg's The Ways of the River --6. Messianism and Realism --7. Criticism of the Idea of Sovereignty in Non-Zionist Thought --8. Sovereignty and Jewish Commitment after the Holocaust in the Thought of Emil Fackenheim, George Steiner, and Irving Greenberg --9. Sovereignty and Power in Zionist Debate during the Mandate Period --10. Reacting to Arab Terror --11. Halakha and Morality in Religious Zionism after the Six-Day War --12. Persecuted or Persecutor? --13. Challenging the Zionist Ethos --Conclusion --Notes --References --IndexBy regaining for the Jewish people the capacity to deploy force, Zionism posed moral dilemmas for the Jews that for many generations, living in exile, they had not had to confront. The return to full political life and the use of military force involved a profound revolution in the Jewish identity and aroused deep and painful misgivings. This thought-provoking book examines how the forging of a new moral stance on the use of force has affected Jewish identity in the Land of Israel and throughout the world. Drawing on historiography, philosophy, social commentary, ideological tracts, and belles lettres, Ehud Luz explores the ways that Zionist attitudes toward sovereignty were shaped by their Judaic heritage, in particular the prophetic literature and the halakhic (legal) tradition, which stressed the sanctity of human life and the strict prohibition against the shedding of innocent blood. Luz argues that despite secularization, Jewish tradition continues to influence the political life and national ethos of the Jews, and that the Jewish religious tradition is an important, sometimes even decisive factor in the way that political and cultural issues in Israel are resolved.JewsIdentityZionism and JudaismJewish ethicsPower (Social sciences)Moral and ethical aspectsSovereigntyMoral and ethical aspectsElectronic books.JewsIdentity.Zionism and Judaism.Jewish ethics.Power (Social sciences)Moral and ethical aspects.SovereigntyMoral and ethical aspects.296.3/6Luz Ehud1034304Swirsky Michael1034305MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451782703321Wrestling with an angel2453345UNINA