The Invention of Jewish Theocracy: The Struggle for Legal Authority in Modern Israel
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The tension between secular politics and religious fundamentalism is a problem shared by many modern states. This is certainly true of the State of Israel, where the religious-secular schism provokes conflict at every level of politics and society. Driving this schism is the idea of the halakhic state, the demand by many religious Jews that Israel should be governed by the law of the Torah as interpreted by Orthodox rabbis. Understanding this idea...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0190922745
ISBN13:9780190922740
Release Date:February 2020
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:276 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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