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03760aam a2200469 i 4500 001 5579B5F074A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 190815s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019035294 020 $a 0190922745 020 $a 9780190922740 035 $a (OCoLC)1110450345 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d YDX $d CLU $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-is--- 050 00 $a DS150.R39 $b I7545 2020 082 00 $a 322/.1095694 $2 23 100 1 $a Kaye, Alexander $e author. 245 14 $a The invention of Jewish theocracy : $b the struggle for legal authority in modern Israel / $c Alexander Kaye. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a x, 264 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The Halakhic state -- The pluralist roots of religious Zionism -- Isaac Herzog before Palestine -- A constitution for Israel according to the Torah -- Modernizing the Chief Rabbinate -- Failure an resistance -- "Gentile courts" in a Jewish state -- The persistence of Jewish theocracy. 520 $a "This book is about the attempt of Orthodox Jewish Zionists to implement traditional Jewish law (halakha) as the law of the State of Israel. These religious Zionists began their quest for a halakhic sate immediately after Israel's establishment in 1948 and competed for legal supremacy with the majority of Israeli Jews who wanted Israel to be a secular democracy. Although Israel never became a halakhic state, the conflict over legal authority became the backdrop for a pervasive culture war, whose consequences are felt throughout Israeli society until today. The book traces the origins of the legal ideology of religious Zionists and shows how it emerged in the middle of the twentieth century. It further shows that the ideology, far from being endemic to Jewish religious tradition as its proponents claim, is a version of modern European jurisprudence, in which a centralized state asserts total control over the legal hierarchy within its borders. The book shows how the adoption (conscious or not) of modern jurisprudence has shaped religious attitudes to many aspects of Israeli society and politics, created an ongoing antagonism with the state's civil courts, and led to the creation of a new and increasingly powerful state rabbinate. This account is placed into wider conversations about the place of religion in democracies and the fate of secularism in the modern world. It concludes with suggestions about how a better knowledge of the history of religion and law in Israel may help ease tensions between its religious and secular citizens"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Religious Zionism $z Israel $x History. 650 0 $a Religious Zionism $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Jewish law. 650 0 $a Religious Zionists $z Israel $x Attitudes. 650 0 $a Judaism and state $z Israel. 650 7 $a Judaism and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00984454 650 7 $a Religious Zionism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093928 650 7 $a Religious Zionism $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093930 650 7 $a Religious Zionists $x Attitudes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093934 651 7 $a Israel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204236 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kaye, Alexander, $t The invention of Jewish theocracy $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020. $z 9780190922764 $w (OCoLC)1113331275 $w (OCoLC)1113331275 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317024344.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200702013439.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5579B5F074A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search