Jews and Power (JEWISH ENCOUNTERS)

by Ruth R. Wisse

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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 professor of comparative literature at Harvard, demonstrates how Jewish political weakness both increased Jewish vulnerability to scapegoating and violence,...Read more
  • ISBN10 0805242775
  • ISBN13 9780805242775
  • Publish Date 21 October 2008 (first published 28 August 2007)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 20 May 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Schocken Books Inc
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 224
  • Language English