Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea by Reuven Firestone

Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea

Reuven Firestone

365 pages hardcover

1 edition

nonfiction history religion medium-paced
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Holy war, sanctioned or even commanded by God, is a common and recurring theme in the Hebrew Bible. Rabbinic Judaism, however, largely avoided discussion of holy war in the Talmud and related literatures for the simple reason that it became danger...

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