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Jews and Power

Jews and Power( )
Author: Wisse, Ruth R.
ISBN:978-1-299-22933-4
Publication Date:May 2014
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Schocken
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $71.82
Book Description:

Part of the Jewish Encounter series Taking in everything from the Kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, Ruth Wisse offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. Traditional Jews believed that upholding the covenant with God constituted a treaty with the most powerful force in the universe; this later transformed itself into a belief that, unburdened by a military, Jews could pursue their religious mission on a purely moral plain. Wisse, an eminent...
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