Between Messianism and Zionism-The Religious Proto-Zionists

Transforming from Theurgic-Symbolic Messianism to Zionist Activism

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ID4313665
AutoresAsaf Yedidya (0000-0002-3035-5182, Ariel University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume13
Fascículo1
Páginas52
Data de publicação2022-01-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13010052
OpenAlexW4205851349
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas7

The 19th century, which began with the immigration to Eretz Israel of 511 disciples of the Vilna Gaon (HaGra) and their families from Lithuania for religious reasons between 1808-1811, ended with the arrival of tens of thousands of Hovevei Zion from Russia and Romania for nationalistic motives, beginning in 1882.This article deals with the differences between the doctrine of redemption of the Vilna Gaon's disciples and the Zionist ideology of Hovevei Zion in light of the thought of the religious proto-Zionists. Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer and Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher who were the proto-Zionists actually served as transformers from theurgic-symbolic messianic activism to realistic Zionist activism through their combined adoption of all these active approaches and the shift in emphasis from the symbolic to the realistic. Putting them all in the traditional messianic camp or the modern national camp distorts the picture. The great innovation of their doctrine was the transformation of the idea

Doctrine · Ideology · Judaism · Messianism · Political science · Theology · Zionism · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies