02911nam 2200649 a 450 991078166720332120230725051151.01-283-23597-897866132359780-253-00564-7(CKB)2550000000047228(EBL)670319(OCoLC)753559419(SSID)ssj0000540442(PQKBManifestationID)12219634(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540442(PQKBWorkID)10585529(PQKB)10118325(MiAaPQ)EBC670319(OCoLC)1016587552(MdBmJHUP)muse57732(Au-PeEL)EBL670319(CaPaEBR)ebr10492914(CaONFJC)MIL323597(EXLCZ)99255000000004722820110321d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA prophetic peace[electronic resource] Judaism, religion, and politics /Alick IsaacsBloomington Indiana University Press20111 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35684-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexChallenging 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. Lebanon War, 2006Personal narratives, IsraeliSoldiersIsraelBiographyArab-Israeli conflictPeaceWarReligious aspectsJudaismLebanon War, 2006SoldiersArab-Israeli conflictPeace.WarReligious aspectsJudaism.956.9204/5242092BIsaacs Alick1968-1535852MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781667203321A prophetic peace3784236UNINA