Does Judaism condone violence? : holiness and ethics in the Jewish tradition

Does Judaism condone violence? : holiness and ethics in the Jewish tradition /

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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 hol...

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Main Author: Mittleman, Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Jewish ethics.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > Theology.
Jewish ethics
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism
Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Bible.
Canaanites.
Emile Durkheim.
God.
Israel.
Jewish philosophy.
Jews.
Judaism.
Maimonides's razor.
Mircea Eliade.
biblical violence.
ethics.
goodness.
holiness.
intuition.
justice.
monotheism.
moral realism.
morality.
natural morality.
natural world.
primordial morality.
profane.
purity.
religious violence.
sacred.
violence.
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