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The gate to perfection : the idea of peace in Jewish thought
- Title
- The gate to perfection : the idea of peace in Jewish thought / Walter Homolka, Albert H. Friedlander ; with a preface by Elie Wiesel.
- Author
- Homolka, Walter.
- Publication
- Providence : Berghahn Books, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | BM538.P3 H6613 1994 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Friedlander, Albert H.
- Description
- xv, 128 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- A timely book: as Israelis and Arabs try to reach a settlement, this study offers a valuable historical dimension, from the Jewish point of view, to the main issue involved - the idea of peace. The authors maintain that peace has always played an important role in Jewish thought, that in fact Judaism as a religion is characterized by the striving for peace.
- They reach this conclusion after examining a variety of sources, ranging from the biblical texts of Old Israel to the Talmudic tradition and Jewish philosophy of religion up until the twentieth century.
- Uniform Title
- Von der Sintflut ins Paradies. English
- Alternative Title
- Von der Sintflut ins Paradies.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Preface / Elie Wiesel -- I. The Concept of Peace in the Hebrew Bible. 1. In the Pre-Exilic Period. 2. The Exile and Post-Exilic Prophecy -- II. The Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis in the "Sefarim Chizoniim," in Philo and Josephus -- (Excursus: The Rise of Individualism). 1. The "Sefarim Chizoniim" 2. Philo and Josephus as Representatives of the Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis -- III. Views on Peace in Talmudic Times - Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash -- (Excursus: Peace in Prayer) -- IV. Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Its Attitude toward Peace. 1. Messianic Peace. 2. Peace in the Here-and-Now. 3. Peace as an Abstract Concept -- (Excursus: Kabbalah and Peace) -- V. The Concept of Peace in the Jewish Enlightenment and Emancipation. 1. Hasidism. 2. The "Wissenschaft des Judentums" -- VI. The Jewish Reformation -- (Excursus: Samson Raphael Hirsch, 1815-1889). 1. Leo Baeck (1873-1956). 2. Progressive Judaism Today -- VII. Jews, Judaism and the Concept of Peace in Our Time / Albert H. Friedlander.
- Appendix: The 1993 Peace-Accord between Israel and the PLO (13 September 1993).
- ISBN
- 1571810188 :
- LCCN
- 94022783
- OCLC
- ocm30892976
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries