Jewish Studies in Violence

A Collection of Essays
Herausgeber: Farber, Roberta Rosenberg; Fishbane, Simcha

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays was compiled in response to the proliferation of violence throughout the modern world. They constitute a multi-disciplinary approach to the intersection of violence with Jewish life and thought. Examined are ancient and modern examples of violence from the perspectives of Jewish studies, philosophy, history, psychology and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Judaism
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780761836070
• ISBN-10: 0761836071
• Artikelnr.: 21654476

Autorenporträt

Roberta Rosenberg Farber is Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology at Yeshiva University and Touro College. Simcha Fishbane is Executive Assistant to the President and Associate Professor Jewish Studies at Touro College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Transformation of Violent Experiences: A
Psychological Perspective Chapter 3 Jewish Religious Communities and Wife
Abuse Chapter 4 The Treatment of Violence and Extra-Judicial Exercise of
Law and Justice in Jewish Law Chapter 5 Jewish Violence in Antiquity: Three
Dimensions Chapter 6 "Mercy is Vouchsafed From Heaven:" Halakhah's Response
to Violence As Expressed In the Arukh Hashulkhan Orach Haim- Sections 560
and 576-8 Chapter 6 Legitimate Violence in Formative Judaism Chapter 7
Violence as a Factor in the Communal Life of the Montreal Jewish Community
in the Early Twentieth Century Chapter 8 Anglo-Jewry and Military
Conscription During the Great War Chapter 9 Novel Anti-Semitisms: Vampiric
Reflections of the jew Britain, 1875-1914 Chapter 10 The Personification of
Excess: Antisemitism and the Wages of Alienation Chapter 11 Ploughshares
into Swords: Contemporary Religious Zionists and moral Constraints Chapter
12 "From The Depths I Have Called To You": Jewish Reflections on September
11th and Contemporary Terrorism Chapter 13 Is There a "halakhic" Response
to the Problem of Evil? Chapter 14 Contributors