Hazony's God and Politics in Esther is a dazzling treatise on politics and faith. It explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics, and a Jewish insider goes rogue, determined to save her people at all costs.
Hazony's God and Politics in Esther is a dazzling treatise on politics and faith. It explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics, and a Jewish insider goes rogue, determined to save her people at all costs.
Yoram Hazony is President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem. He is founder and past president of the Shalem Center, now Shalem College. His books include The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture (Cambridge, 2012) and The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul (2009). Hazony directs the John Templeton Foundation's project in Jewish Philosophical Theology and is a member of the Israel Council for Higher Education's committee on liberal studies in Israel's universities. He is a member of the Public Council of the Orthodox rabbinical organization Beit Hillel.
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Preface Introduction Esther One: 1. Submission and rule Esther Two: 2. Political favor Esther Three: 3. The enemy 4. The king's men 5. Idolatry 6. Disobedience 7. Joseph 8. Amalek 9. Anti-Semitism Esther Four: 10. Pressure 11. Court Jew 12. The decision Esther Five: 13. The plan 14. Reaction Esther Six: 15. Power shift 16. Downfall 17. Allies Esther Seven: 18. The last appeal 19. Political power 20. The Jews' war 21. The morality of war Esther Nine: 22. The festival 23. Politics and faith Afterword: I. A missile over Tel Aviv II. God and emergence III. God casts no shadow Notes Index of names Index of scriptural references The Hebrew Esther text.
Preface Introduction Esther One: 1. Submission and rule Esther Two: 2. Political favor Esther Three: 3. The enemy 4. The king's men 5. Idolatry 6. Disobedience 7. Joseph 8. Amalek 9. Anti-Semitism Esther Four: 10. Pressure 11. Court Jew 12. The decision Esther Five: 13. The plan 14. Reaction Esther Six: 15. Power shift 16. Downfall 17. Allies Esther Seven: 18. The last appeal 19. Political power 20. The Jews' war 21. The morality of war Esther Nine: 22. The festival 23. Politics and faith Afterword: I. A missile over Tel Aviv II. God and emergence III. God casts no shadow Notes Index of names Index of scriptural references The Hebrew Esther text.
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