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Jihad in Palestine

Political Islam and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By: Shaul Bartal

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Jihad in Palestine

Political Islam and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By: Shaul Bartal

The 21st century exists in the shadow of the return of extremist Islam to the center of the world’s political stage, a process that began at the end of the previous century. While researchers have focused on the rise of Hamas, this return has in fact manifested itself in a range of independent Islamic extremist groups with their own philosophies. Jihad in Palestine provides a comprehensive study of the variety of Islamic extremist groups operating inside Israel/Palestine today, examining their philosophies and views concerning martyrdom, as well as their attitudes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These ideologies are presented in their own words, thanks to the author’s extensive translations and commentary of primary sources in Arabic, including the writings of the Islamic Jihad, al-Jama’a al-Islamiya, Hizbal-Tahrir al-Islami, Hamas and the Islamic Movement. The book studies the attitudes of these organisations towards the fundamental issues surrounding Jihad, including the concept of personal obligation, the relationship of the movement to the peace agreements and attitudes towards Jews expressed in the movement’s writings. Exploring the basic theories of sacrifice and analysing modern day Palestinian society, it promotes a greater understanding of the religious angle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East Studies, Jewish Studies, Political Islam and Terrorism & Political Violence.

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1317519612

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Hamas and Ideology

Sheikh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī on the Jews, Zionism and Israel

By: Shaul Bartal,Nesya Rubinstein-Shemer

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Hamas and Ideology

Sheikh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī on the Jews, Zionism and Israel

By: Shaul Bartal,Nesya Rubinstein-Shemer

Sheikh Yusūf al- Qaraḍāwī is regarded as the most influential contemporary Muslim religious figure. His best-selling book, Al-Ḥalal wal-Ḥaram fi al-Islam ("The Forbidden and the Permitted in Islam") is perhaps one of the most widely read Islamic works, after the Qur’ān. The subject of jihad in Palestine is a salient feature of Qaraḍāwī’s thought and is addressed frequently in his books. His views on Israel and on the Jews shape those of many Muslims throughout the world. This book paints al- Qaraḍāwī’s portrait within the context of the subject of the struggle for Palestine and assesses why he is committed so fervently to the Palestinian course. It also sheds light on another important aspect of al-Qaradawi’s thought, namely the marked contrast between his ideas regarding the Muslim world and his views on relations with other religions and countries. Whereas al- Qaraḍāwī is considered to be a moderate in Islamic matters, his attitude toward the Jews and to Israel is one of abiding hatred and uncompromising struggle. The book aims to classify Qaraḍāwī’s thought along the axis of moderation and extremism by drawing comparisons between Qaraḍāwī’s teachings and those of other Muslim jurists. Furthermore, it compares the features of antisemitic writing with that of Qaraḍāwī in order to answer the question as to whether Qaraḍāwī’s teachings actually constitute an expression of anti-semitism. Despite the subject of jihad in Palestine being so central to Qaraḍāwī’s thought, there has not been a comprehensive and systematic academic study of this to date. The book therefore represents a major contribution to the field and will appeal to anyone studying the Israel-Palestine conflict, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Terrorism and Political Violence.

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1351403753

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9781351403757

Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel

By: Michal Shaul

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Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel

By: Michal Shaul

978-1438477213 978-1503601956 978-0815636328

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0253050820

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9780253050823

Piety and Rebellion

Essays in Hasidism

By: Shaul Magid

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Piety and Rebellion

Essays in Hasidism

By: Shaul Magid

Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious practice. Many of the essays exhibit a comparative perspective deployed to better articulate the innovative spirit, and traditional challenges, Hasidism presents to the traditional Jewish world. Piety and Rebellion is an attempt to present Hasidism as one case whereby maximalist religion can yield a rebellious challenge to conventional conceptions of religious thought and practice.

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Academic Studies PRess

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1644690918

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God's First King

The Story of Saul

By: Shaul Bar

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God's First King

The Story of Saul

By: Shaul Bar

Saul was the first king of Israel (1029-1005 BCE). His life was full of drama and tribulations, and ended tragically. The book of Samuel portrays Saul as a colorful personality with excesses--as the classic tragic hero. Moreover, Saul's excellent virtues qualified him for the monarchy. He had courage and military power. Saul was modest and shy. In contrast to the positive portrayal of Saul in some biblical narrative, many other passages in the Hebrew Bible portray Saul negatively--as a paranoid man who chased demons, as obsessed with the pursuit of David. Thus he struggles constantly with his own family members as well as his circle of friends. From the battle at Michmas till the last day of his life, fear is Saul's constant companion. Readers of this volume will rediscover Saul, will have a better understanding of his achievements and failures as the first king of Israel. We trust that this study will afford a provocative and useful insight into the character of Saul.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620324911

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Hasidism on the Margin

Reconciliation, Antinomianism, and Messianism

By: Shaul Magid

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Hasidism on the Margin

Reconciliation, Antinomianism, and Messianism

By: Shaul Magid

Hasidism on the Margin explores one of the most provocative and radical traditions of Hasidic thought, the school of Izbica and Radzin that Rabbi Gershon Henokh originated in nineteenth-century Poland. Shaul Magid traces the intellectual history of this strand of Judaism from medieval Jewish philosophy through centuries of Kabbalistic texts to the nineteenth century and into the present. He contextualizes the Hasidism of Izbica-Radzin in the larger philosophy and history of religions and provides a model for inquiry into other forms of Hasidism.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299192733

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9780299192730

Families, Rabbis and Education

Traditional Jewish Society in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Europe

By: Shaul Stampfer

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Traditional Jewish Society in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Europe

By: Shaul Stampfer

Viewing the Jewish history of eastern Europe through the prism of the lives of ordinary people produces findings that are sometimes surprising but always stimulating.

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Liverpool University Press

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1909821144

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From Metaphysics to Midrash

Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala

By: Shaul Magid

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From Metaphysics to Midrash

Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala

By: Shaul Magid

In From Metaphysics to Midrash, Shaul Magid explores the exegetical tradition of Isaac Luria and his followers within the historical context in 16th-century Safed, a unique community that brought practitioners of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam into close contact with one another. Luria's scripture became a theater in which kabbalists redrew boundaries of difference in areas of ethnicity, gender, and the human relation to the divine. Magid investigates how cultural influences altered scriptural exegesis of Lurianic Kabbala in its philosophical, hermeneutical, and historical perspectives. He suggests that Luria and his followers were far from cloistered. They used their considerable skills to weigh in on important matters of the day, offering, at times, some surprising solutions to perennial theological problems.

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Indiana University Press

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0253000378

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9780253000378

Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century

Creating a Tradition of Learning

By: Shaul Stampfer

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Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century

Creating a Tradition of Learning

By: Shaul Stampfer

This is the first systematic study of the Lithuanian yeshivas that flourished from 1802 to 1914 in their social and cultural context; their legacy still dominates orthodox Jewish society. The main focus is the yeshiva of Volozhin, which in its independence of the local community was the model for everything that followed, but chapters are also devoted to the yeshivas of Slobodka and Telz, and to the kollel system.

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Liverpool University Press

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1789627877

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Collectivity in Struggle

Godard, Genet, and the Palestinian Revolt of the 1970s

By: Shaul Setter

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Collectivity in Struggle

Godard, Genet, and the Palestinian Revolt of the 1970s

By: Shaul Setter

We live in a neoliberal regime that works to dismantle social institutions and eradicate forms of collective gathering. Over and against this state of affairs, Collectivity in Struggle revisits a crucial moment in recent history when the formation of collectivity sat at the heart of a radical emancipatory struggle and called for a creative endeavor, both artistic and political. The book examines two projects developed in the 1970s vis-à-vis the Palestinian revolt: Jean-Luc Godard's cinematic engagement with the Palestinian forces and Jean Genet's textual enterprise alongside them. Through an inverse reading that uncovers from the seemingly discrete and finalized artworks - Godard's film or Genet’s book - the process of their becoming, Shaul Setter explores the ways in which these projects portray and conceptualize the revolutionary stage of the Palestinian revolt, its abrupt end, and two different modes of prolonging it. Concentrating on their formal experimentation, their potentiality for collective enunciation, their conflicted positioning on the threshold of colonial European culture and the hidden Semitic languages inscribed in them - Setter claims that these two projects insist on the writerly aspects of revolutionary political action.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498572030

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9781498572033

Hamas and Ideology

Sheikh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī on the Jews, Zionism and Israel

By: Shaul Bartal,Nesya Rubinstein-Shemer

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Sheikh Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī on the Jews, Zionism and Israel

By: Shaul Bartal,Nesya Rubinstein-Shemer

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Jihad in Palestine

Jihad in Palestine

Hamas and Ideology

Hamas and Ideology

Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel

Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel

Piety and Rebellion

Piety and Rebellion

God's First King

God's First King

Hasidism on the Margin

Hasidism on the Margin

Families, Rabbis and Education

Families, Rabbis and Education

From Metaphysics to Midrash

From Metaphysics to Midrash

Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century

Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century

Collectivity in Struggle

Collectivity in Struggle

Hamas and Ideology

Hamas and Ideology

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