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Holy war in Judaism : the fall and rise of a controversial idea /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Firestone, Reuven, 1952-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:	War > Religious aspects > Judaism. War > Biblical teaching. War in literature. Rabbinical literature > History and criticsim. Arab-Israeli conflict > Religious aspects > Judaism.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I. The ancient Jewish world: holy war in practice
Holy war in the Bible
Jewish holy war in practice: early success
Holy war fails
Pt. II. The world of the rabbis: holy war interrupted
Rabbinic responses to war's failure
Rabbinic typology of war
Who is the enemy?
Maimonides' counting of the commandments
Nahmanides' critique, and other thinkers
Pt. III. The emergence of Jewish modernity: holy war on hold
The crisis of modernity and Jewish responses
From practicality to a new messianism
The new Jew
From Holocaust to holy war: Israel's war of independence
Pt. IV. The Jewish State: holy war revived
1948 to 1967: from defensive war to preemptive war
1967 to 1973: the miracle of conquest and the test of Yom Kippur
The 1980s: holy war and its excesses
Conclusion: the resurrection of holy war.