The Gate to Perfection

The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-1-57181-018-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

A timely book: as Israelis and Arabs are moving towards a settlement, this study offers a valuable historical dimension, from the Jewish point of view, to the main issue involved, i.e., 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 having examined 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Homolka, Rabbi Walter

Homolka, Rabbi Professor Dr. Walter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The Concept of Peace in the Hebrew Bible

Chapter 2. The Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis in the 'Sefarim Chizoniim, and in Philo and Josephus

Chapter 3. Views on Peace in Talmudic Times: Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash

Chapter 4. Medieval Jewish Philosophy and its Attitude toward Peace

Chapter 5. The Concept of Peace in the Jewish Enlightenment and Emancipation

Chapter 6. The Jewish Reformation

Chapter 7. Jews, Judaism and the Concept of Peace in Our Time

Appendix: The PLO-Israel Accord, 13 September 1993

Über Autor(innen)

Homolka, Rabbi Professor Dr. Walter
Rabbi Professor Dr. Walter Homolka is rector of the Abraham Geiger College at Potsdam University, Germany's first rabbinical seminary since the Holocaust. He is Chairman of the Leo Baeck Foundation and an Executive Board Member of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. His publications include Leo Baeck: Teacher of Theresienstadt (1991) and Riders towards the Dawn(1993).

Rabbi Professor Dr. Walter Homolka is rector of the Abraham Geiger College at Potsdam University, Germany's first rabbinical seminary since the Holocaust. He is Chairman of the Leo Baeck Foundation and an Executive Board Member of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. His publications include Leo Baeck: Teacher of Theresienstadt (1991) and Riders towards the Dawn(1993).