Does Judaism Condone Violence: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition
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Does Judaism Condone Violence: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition
By (Author) Alan L. Mittleman
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
5th November 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Judaism
296.3697
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Hardback
240
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
A philosophical case against religious violence We live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as "holy war" are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is the relationship between holiness and violence Can acts such as murder ever truly be described as holy In Does Judaism Condone Violence, Alan Mittleman offer
Reviews
"Winner of the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience, Dorot Foundation Award in Memory of Joy Ungerleider Mayerson"
"Mittleman presents Jews and all those with a more spiritual, religious, value-seeking bent much to think about in their efforts to sanctify their lives."---James A. Diamond, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"A carefully and lucidly argued book about the relationship between violence, holiness, and Judaism."---Martin Shuster, Reading Religion
Author Bio
Alan L. Mittleman is the Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary. His books include Human Nature & Jewish Thought (Princeton).
