Scroll Or the Sword ?

Dilemmas of Religion and Military Service in Israel
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-90-5702-083-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

First Published in 1997. The title of this book is derived from an ancient Jewish teaching, attributed to a certain Rabbi Eleazar of Modi'in, who lived in the land of Israel during the third century of the common era. As far as we know, Rabbi Eleazar was the first sage to take homiletic advantage of the alliteration of safra and saifa, Aramaic terms which literally translate (respectively) as 'a scroll' and 'a sword'. A plain reading of this text leaves no doubt that its author intended to project a figurative contrast between two distinct spheres of human endeavour.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Decisions for War and Non-War; Chapter 2 From Integration to Segregation; Chapter 3 The Religious Boundaries of Military Service in Israel; Chapter 4 Religious Military Units in the IDF;

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart A. Cohen Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel