Jewish Ethics? as an Argument in the Public Debate Over the Israeli Reaction to Palestinian Terror
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12454712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edud Luz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 134-156 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Israel Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-9513 • E-ISSN: 1527-201X |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/isr.2002.7.3.134 |
| OpenAlex | W2057821942 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Since the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-135 C.E.) and the eradication of any trace of Jewish sovereignty in Palestine, Jews have given little thought to questions of war. The long exile freed them from the poignant moral dilemmas confronted by any polity that is compelled to use force to defend itself. Warfare, which has played such an essential role in world history, was seen by the Jews as "the craft of Esau"—that is, a matter for the gentiles—at least until such time as the Messiah would come. Two generations ago, Rav Kook, the greatest religious Zionist thinker, voiced the view that the exile had been a crucible, a necessary phase to prepare the Jewish people for the messianic redemption. The people of Israel, he argued, had abandoned the sphere of world politics "under duress that was partly also a matter of inner will, until the happy time when a polity could be governed without wickedness or barbarism." 1
Argument (complex analysis · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |