A Judaism, religion, and politicsIsaacs, Alick1968-creatortextbibliographybiographyElectronic books.Biography.Personal narratives-Israeli.Electronic resource.inuBloomington, IndIndiana University Press©20112011monographiceng1 online resource (xxi, 200 pages)Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, and peace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. In his insightful readings of the texts of Biblical prophecy and rabbinic law, Isaacs draws on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber, among others, to propose an ambitious vision of religiously inspired peace. Rej.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Lebanon II; Chapter 1 Politics, Anti-Politics, and Religion; Chapter 2 Irenic Scholarship; Chapter 3 Theological Disarmament; Chapter 4 Deconstruction and the Prophetic Voice; Chapter 5 Messianic Peace; Chapter 6 The Rabbinic Voice; Chapter 7 A Prayer for Peace; Chapter 8 Peace Education; Afterword: Beating Softly; Notes; Bibliography; Index.Alick Isaacs.Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.a-is---a-le---Israel.Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.Israel.Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.Lebanon War (2006)Lebanon War, 2006Personal narratives, IsraeliSoldiersIsraelBiographyArab-Israeli conflictPeaceWarReligious aspectsJudaismBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYHistoricalHISTORYMiddle EastGeneralArab-Israeli conflictPeaceSoldiersWarReligious aspectsJudaismIsraelLebanonPHILOSOPHY / Religious 2006 fast DS87.65 .I83 2011eb956.9204/5242092 BIsaacs, Alick, 1968-Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2011(DLC) 2011011594(OCoLC)6961000529780253005649025300564722573/ctt1zzhsgj JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=385450http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=385450N$T11091920200709055412.0ocn753559419eng