TY  - BOOK
AU  - Homolka,Rabbi Professor DrWalter
AU  - Wiesel,Elie
TI  - The Gate to Perfection: The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought 
SN  - 9781800736740
U1  - 296.3/872 20
PY  - 1994///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Peace
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Protestant churches
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; List of Abbreviations --; Preface --; Introduction --; I. The Concept of Peace in the Hebrew Bible --; 1. In the Pre-Exilic Period --; 2. The Exile and Post-Exilic Prophecy --; II. The Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis in the "Sefarim Chizoniim," in Philo and Josephus --; (Excursus: The Rise of Individualism) --; 1. The "Sefarim Chizoniim" --; 2. Philo and Josephus as Representatives of the Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis --; III. Views on Peace in Talmudic Times - Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash --; IV. Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Its Attitude toward Peace --; Introduction --; 1. Messianic Peace --; 2. Peace in the Here-and-Now --; 3. Peace as an Abstract Concept --; V. The Concept of Peace in the Jewish Enlightenment and Emancipation --; 1. Hasidism --; 2 The "Wissenschaft des Judentums" --; VI. The Jewish Reformation --; Introduction --; (Excursus: Samson Raphael Hirsch, 1815-1889) --; 1. Leo Baeck (1873-1956) --; 2. Progressive Judaism Today --; VII. Jews, Judaism and the Concept of Peace in Our Time by Albert H. Friedlander --; Appendix --; Bibliography; restricted access
N2  - A timely book: as Israelis and Arabs are moving towards a settlement, this study offers a valuable historical dimension, from the Jewish point of view, to the main issue involved, i.e., the idea of peace. The authors maintain that peace has always played an important role in Jewish thought, that in fact Judaism as a religion is characterized by the striving for peace. They reach this conclusion after having examined a variety of sources, ranging from the biblical texts of Old Israel to the Talmudic tradition and Jewish Philosophy of Religion up until the twentieth century
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800736740?locatt=mode:legacy
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