Does Judaism Condone Violence? : : Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition / / Alan L. Mittleman.
A philosophical case against religious violenceWe 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 holy?...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. Holiness and Judaism
- CHAPTER 2. Holiness and Ethics
- CHAPTER 3.Holiness and Violence
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index