Religions, 2021 In this article, I examine the role of prophetic disappointment in creating ideological change. I discuss the response of two Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda Amital (1924–2010) and Rabbi Shmuel Tal (b.
Motti Inbari
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Religious statecraft: Zionism and Constantinianism in Ethiopian religious-martial policy
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020 Ethiopia as a theme is replete in the Hadith and Pseudo-Methodius, ironically perspectives from the two sides of the same war. Dually, Ethiopia was an Islamic friend and later a foe.
Rugare Rukuni
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Land, Work, and Redemption in the Religious-Zionist Philosophy of Isaiah Aviad (Oskar Wolfsberg)
Religions, 2023 This article seeks to examine R. Dr. Isaiah Aviad’s outlook with regard to the Land of Israel, worldly labor, and redemption, as reflected in his teachings. R. Dr. Isaiah Aviad (Oskar Wolfsberg) (1893–1957) was born in Germany.
Amir Mashiach
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The Holocaust in the teachings of R. Isaiah Aviad (Wolfsberg)
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 R. Dr. Isaiah Aviad (Wolfsberg) (1893–1957) was one of religious Zionism’s main thinkers. This article seeks to examine his outlook regarding the Holocaust of European Jewry. Jewish thought contains three main approaches to dealing with the issue of evil
Amir Mashiach
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Influence of Judaism on Zionism and the Power of Israeli Orthodox Jewish Political Parties [PDF]
Edinost in Dialog, 2022 The article outlines the importance of Judaism for the existence and development of the ideology of Zionism, which played a key role in the creation of modern state of Israel.
Nejc Krevs
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Changes in the Understanding of Work in Religious Zionist Thought: Rabbi T.I. Thau as a Case Study
Religions, 2018 In Jewish religious texts, Torah study is placed at the top of the hierarchy of values. This suggests that work as such is of no religious significance; work is rather a prerequisite for the real essentials of life.
Amir Mashiach
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The concept of work in the theological teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 This article aims to understand the concept of work in the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook (1865–1935). As the person who had the maximum impact on the religious Zionist sector, with its guiding principle of Torah va’avodah, meaning ...
Amir Mashiach
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Rabbi Avraham Yizhak HaCohen Kook: between exile and messianic redemption
Nordisk Judaistik, 1988 Until the 19th century and to a certain extent, somewhat into the 20th century, most adherents of traditional, orthodox Judaism were reluctant about, or indifferent towards the active realistic Messianism of Maimonides who averred that only the servitude
Judith Winther
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The Contradictory Legacy of Zionism: Radical Religious Groups
Milel ve NihalZionism initially emerged as a secular movement aimed at the national liberation of the Jewish people. Most Zionist leaders, known as the founding fathers, sought to dissociate Judaism from its religious identity and embed it ...
Leyla Kuşaslan
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The Theological Sources of the Torah and Labor (Torah U’melakha) Yeshivas
Religions, 2023 In this article, I seek to reveal the theological sources of the Israeli high school yeshivas designated “Torah U’melakha” (Torah and labor). High school yeshivas are schools for 9th–12th grade boys that offer religious studies in the first half of the ...
Amir Mashiach
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