Difficult Jewish Texts and Contemporary Political Crisis

This essay considers the phenomenon of public Jewish biblical quotation, such as, for instance, “justice, justice shall you pursue,” in times of contemporary political crisis. I argue that these references tend to employ a sanitized and selective hermeneutics which overlooks and bypasses the violent...

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Main Author: Emily Filler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/5/652