Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism

by Aviezer Ravitzky

Book Overview

The Orthodox Jewish tradition affirms that Jewish exile will end with the coming of the Messiah. How, then, does Orthodoxy respond to the political realization of a Jewish homeland that is the State of Israel? In this cogent and searching study, Aviezer Ravitzky probes Orthodoxy's divergent positions on Zionism, which range from radical condemnation to virtual beatification.

Ravitzky traces the roots of Haredi ideology, which opposes the Zionist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226705781
• ISBN13: 9780226705781
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"