Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition

Alan L. Mittleman

Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
5 November 2018
Pages
240
ISBN
9780691174235

Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition

Alan L. Mittleman

A philosophical case against religious violence

We live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as holy war are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is the relationship between holiness and violence? Can acts such as murder ever truly be described as holy? In Does Judaism Condone Violence?, Alan Mittleman offer

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