This book is an analysis of how Jewish religious nationalism has shaped the history of the Jews. It examines the national and territorial dimensions of classical Judaism, explains the survival of the nationalist idea despite the repeated loss of independence and the exile of the majority of the people from their homeland, and demonstrates how the nineteenth-century religious reform movement sought to counter both the growth of Zionism and the resurgence of traditional Jewish nationalism. The book concludes with a discussion of the new ideological synthesis of Judaism, nationalism and the land of Israel and its implications for the future of the Jewish state.
- ISBN10 0813382475
- ISBN13 9780813382470
- Publish Date 16 September 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint Westview Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 174
- Language English