Judaism Books

New and Published Books

1. Political Theologies in the Holy Land

   Israeli Messianism and its Critics

   By David Ohana

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   This book examines the role of messianism in Zionist ideology, from the birth of the Zionist movement through to the present. Is shows how messianism is not just a religious or philosophical term but a very tangible political practice and theology which has shaped Israeli identity. The author...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

   Confrontation and Co-existence

   Edited by Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, Leonard Hammer

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   This book addresses the major generators of conflict and toleration at shared holy places in Palestine and Israel. Examining the religious, political and legal issues, the authors show how the holy sites have been a focus of both conflict and cooperation between different communities. Bringing...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Routledge Handbook of Modern Israel

   Edited by Alain Dieckhoff

   Israel is a country made up of contradictions. A lively democracy in a multicultural society but within a state promoting a strong national identity; a thriving economy in an unequal society; a culture open to modern trends but drawing on the Hebrew past and preoccupied with the Holocaust and the...

   Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
4. Jesus among the Jews

   Representation and Thought

   Edited by Neta Stahl

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   For almost two thousand years, various images of Jesus accompanied Jewish thought and imagination: a flesh-and-blood Jew, a demon, a spoiled student, an idol, a brother, a (failed) Messiah, a nationalist rebel, a Greek god in Jewish garb, and more. This volume charts for the first time the...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. The Holocaust and Representations of Jews

   History and Identity in the Museum

   By K. Hannah Holtschneider

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The Holocaust and Representations of Jews examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust. Insights from the New Museology are brought to...

   Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge
6. Secularism and Religion in Jewish-Israeli Politics

   Traditionists and Modernity

   By Yaacov Yadgar

   Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society

   Common discourse on Jewish identity in Israel is dominated by the view that Jewish Israelis can, and should, be either religious or secular. Moving away from this conventional framework, this book examines the role of secularism and religion in Jewish society and politics. With a focus on the ‘...

   Published July 27th 2010 by Routledge
7. Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

   An Introduction

   By Irene Kajon

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   This text introduces the most important Jewish philosophers of contemporary times from the point of view of their original approach to both Judaism and philosophy and include: Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenweig, Martin Buber, Leo Strauss, Emmanuel Levinas. It shows how for them the dialogue between...

   Published July 8th 2010 by Routledge
8. Ben-Gurion, Zionism and American Jewry

   1948 - 1963

   By Ariel Feldestein

   Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society

   Based on archival material, this intriguing book examines David Ben-Gurion’s influence on the relationship between the state of Israel, the Zionist Organization and American Jewry between 1948 and 1963 when he served as Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The author discusses how Ben-Gurion was...

   Published December 21st 2009 by Routledge
9. The Judaic Nature of Israeli Theatre

   A Search for Identity

   By Dan Urian

   Theatre has, since the time of the Jewish Enlightenment, served the secular community in its conflict with the religious. This book surveys the secular-religious rift and then describes the enhanced concern of the secular community in Israel for its own Jewishness and its expression in the theatre...

   Published March 27th 2000 by Routledge