Zionism and Judaism : a new theory by Novak, David, 1941- instant download

Zionism and Judaism : a new theory by Novak, David, 1941- instant download

xviii, 254 pages ; 23 cm, \"Why should anyone be a Zionist, a supporter of a Jewish state in the land of Israel? Why should there be a Jewish state in the land of Israel? This book seeks to provide a philosophical answer to these questions. Although a Zionist need not be Jewish, nonetheless this book argues that Zionism is only a coherent political stance when it is intelligently rooted in Judaism, especially in the classical Jewish doctrine of God's election of the people of Israel and the commandment to them to settle the land of Israel. The religious Zionism advocated here is contrasted with secular versions of Zionism that take Zionism to be a replacement of Judaism. It is also contrasted with versions of religious Zionism that ascribe messianic significance to the State of Israel, or which see the main task of religious Zionism to be the establishment of an Israeli theocracy\"--, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1. Why Zionism? -- Introduction -- Political rhetoric -- Psychological motivation -- Jewish celebration/Jewish commemoration -- Reasons of the commandments -- Four kinds of Jews -- Four kinds of non-Jews -- 2. Was Spinoza the first Zionist? -- Ben-Gurion and Spinoza -- Spinzoa's inversions of classical Jewish theology -- The Proto-Zionists statement -- Spinoza's Old-New Judaism -- Spinoza and the Zionist dilemma -- 3. Secular Zionism: Political or cultural? -- Secular zionism -- Political zionism -- Cultural zionism -- Hebrew jurisprudence -- 4. Should Israel be a theocracy? -- What is theocracy? -- The primacy of theology -- 5. Why the Jews and why the land of Israel? -- God chooses Israel -- God chooses the land of Israel -- 6. Can the state of Israel be both Jewish and democratic? -- Jewish religion and secular law -- The problem with current Israeli secularism -- Principled agreement -- Whose democracy? -- Divinely sanctioned secularity -- Authentic Jewish secularity -- The commandment to acquire and settle the land -- A communal…