Jack Shechter

The Land of Israel

Its Theological Dimensions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between God, the Jewish people, and the Land of Israel, bringing clarity to issues of great moment - both in the past and in our time. The author's analyses are rooted in Biblical and rabbinic texts themselves, in addition to other scholarly disciplines that relate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780761851271
• ISBN-10: 0761851275
• Artikelnr.: 32468570

Autorenporträt

By Jack Shechter

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction and "Road Map" Part 3 Part One:
The Nature of the Promise Chapter 4 Chapter One. The Land as Gift Chapter 5
Chapter Two. The Land as Oath Chapter 6 Chapter Three. The Land and the Law
Chapter 7 Chapter Four. The Integration of the Unconditional and
Conditional Covenants Chapter 8 Chapter Five. The Land in the Prophets and
the Writings Chapter 9 Chapter Six. The Land in Talmudic and Medieval
Periods Chapter 10 Chapter Seven. The Land in the Modern Period Part 11
Part Two: The Meaning of "Holy" Land Chapter 12 Chapter Eight. The Land as
a Good Land Chapter 13 Chapter Nine. The Land as Possibility and as Peril
Chapter 14 Chapter Ten. Israel and the "Nations" in the Land Chapter 15
Chapter Eleven. The Land as a "Holy Land" Part 16 Supplements Chapter 17 I.
The Land: What Geographical Entity? Chapter 18 II. The Unconditional
Character of the Abrahamic Covenant: Challenge and Response Chapter 19 III.
The Land of Israel: What is "Holy" Land and What is Not: The Rabbinic
Perspective Amplified Chapter 20 IV. The Use - and Misuse - of Biblical and
Rabbinic Data About the Land Chapter 21 V. The Jewish People and the Land
of Israel: A Union for Service to Humankind Chapter 22 VI. What Binds
Diaspora Jewry to Israel? Chapter 23 VII. Religion and State: The Ongoing
Tension Part 24 Synopsis of the Findings in this Work Chapter 25 An
Interview Part 26 Questions for the Contemporary Situation Chapter 27 What
Do the Theological Materials in This Work Mean for Our Time? Chapter 28
Notes Chapter 29 Bibliography Chapter 30 Index of Authors Chapter 31 About
the Author