Title: Holy war in Judaism
Description: The transformations brought about by modernity required Jews to re-examine the traditional rabbinic prohibition against war in the light of the times. Within a hundred years the traditional safeguards were effectively removed for the majority of religious Jews that continued to take Jewish traditional exegesis seriously. This full process, from removing holy war from possibility to reviving holy war as a paradigm for action, is the topic of this study.
Subjects: Rabbinical literature, Judaism, Biblical teaching, War in literature, History and criticsim, Arab-Israeli conflict, War, History and criticism, Judentum, Heiliger Krieg, War, religious aspects, Rabbinical literature, history and criticism, Religious aspects