Early Religious Zionism and Erudition Concerning the Temple and Sacrifices

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ID3211844
AuthorsIsaac Hershkowitz (0000-0002-0865-7205, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue4
Pages310
Publication date2022-03-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13040310
OpenAlexW4221010707
LanguageEN
References cited10

Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher's messianic innovations asserted the centrality of a renewal of offerings on the altar to the creation of a linear path to redemption. Despite the common convention, his ideas were not disregarded by his peers and followers. In fact, while his ideas did not predetermine the rabbinic discourse, halakhic questions concerning the rebuilding of the Temple and its laws became quite popular and common. Surprisingly, lay figures, as well as several Talmudic scholars, kept this messianic idea alive. Indeed, from the second half of the nineteenth century onwards, such figures published numerous works calling for concrete efforts to rebuild the Temple and renew the offerings. These findings shed light on the renewed religious Zionist interest in this method of reconnecting with God and promoting the final redemption, which is neither new, nor does it deviate from known and publicly articulated ideas

Aesthetics · Altar · Ancient history · Art · Centrality · Convention · Israelites · Judaism · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Talmud · Temple · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy

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