Book
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The Scroll or the Sword? Dilemmas of Religion and Military Service in Israel
, Stuart A. Cohen |
| Description: Israel's defence forces have traditionally been considered immune to
divisive tensions within Israeli society at large. Relations between
religious and secular troops, especially, were for many years thought
to be harmonious and consensual. The Scroll or the Sword?
demonstrates that this is no longer the case. Constituting the first
detailed analysis of contemporary Jewish religious attitudes towards
armed service in Israel, this volume draws on a wide range of
classical and modern sources to illustrate the variety of current
theological challenges to Israel's military cohesion. Cohen's study
is essential reading for an understanding of such issues as: the
reaction of the national religious troops and their rabbinic
leadership to the current peace process; the attitudes of orthodox
and ultra-orthodox Jewry to compulsory conscription; and the concerns
generated in secular Israeli circles by the existence of units
composed of specifically religious personnel.
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| Source: Gordon and Breach Publishing Group, 1997 |
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Articles
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The Hesder Yeshivot in Israel: a Church-State-Military Arrangement , Stuart A. Cohen |
| Description: not available |
| Source: Journal of Church and State 35, 1993 |
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