Religious Zionism is a major component of contemporary Israeli society and politics. The author reviews the history of religious Zionism from both a historical and ideological-theological perspective. His basic assumption is that religious Zionism cannot be fully understood solely through a historical description, or even from social, political, and philosophical vantage points. This book is the first study on this subject to be published in English.
Table of Content
Preface. Chapter One. A Revolutionary Consciousness. Chapter Two. Rabbi Reines and the Foundation of the Mizrachi. Chapter Three. Religious-Zionist Education: Beginnings. Chapter Four. Rav Kook: An Orthodox-National Alternative to Religious-Zionism. Chapter Five. The Foundation of the Chief Rabbinate. Chapter Six. Ha-Po‘el ha-Mizrachi: Against the Exile and the Bourgeoisie. Chapter Seven. Criticizing Zionist Policy. Chapter Eight. The Settlement Drive. Chapter Nine. Religious-Zionism and the Holocaust. Chapter Ten. Israel’s First Years: Hopes and Disappointments. Chapter Eleven. From Rearguard to Vanguard: The Struggle for Greater Israel. Chapter Twelve. Religious-Zionism in the United States. Chapter Thirteen. Religious-Zionism: Present and Future. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.
About the author
Dov Schwartz is The Natali and Isidor Friedman Chair on “Teaching the Writings of Joseph Dov Soloveitchik” at Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of Religion or Halakhah? The Philosophy of Rabbi J. B. Soloveitchik, 2007; Central Problems of Medieval Jewish Philosophy, 2005; Studies on Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Philosophy, 2005; and others.
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