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Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD (King's College London, 1992), PhD (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2015), DHL (HUC-JIR New York 2009), is Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at the University of Potsdam, executive director of the School of Jewish Theology and rector toon meer of the Abraham Geiger College. toon minder
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A short book, covering the development of the concept of peace (shalom) in Jewish literature from the Pentateuch to our own times. The authors show that there is not a single trajectory, from nationalism to universalism, as others have claimed. Rather, the existential situation of the era influences the concept of peace for that times' writers and theologians.

Judaism, separated from the Land after the first century CE, was able to develop a rich understanding of peace, both in the community and individual of the day, and in well-developed Messianic hopes. The final chapter is a long one, and addresses the challenges to Jewish ideas of peace in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the establishment of the nation of Israel. The creation of Israel within its ancient borders renews Biblical paradigms of peace as related to the Land.

This is an easy book to read, and includes copious examples of the relevant literature from scripture, liturgy, prayer books, and philosophical and theological writings. I appreciate the openness of the authors as they struggle with ideals of pacifism and the existential reality of Israel's precarious situation.
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