The transformations brought about by modernity required Jews to re-examine the traditional rabbinic prohibition against war in the light of the times. Within a hundred years the traditional safeguards were effectively removed for the majority of religious Jews that continued to …
In this book the author identifies and analyzes the historical, conceptual, and intellectual factors that renewed holy war ideas in modern Judaism.
Thomas Asbridge berichtet erstmals gleichberechtigt und in wechselnder Perspektive von den von Christen wie von Muslimen verübten Grausamkeiten und erduldeten Leiden. Ausführlich macht der polyglotte Historiker Gebrauch auch von den arabischen Quellen. Asbridge nimmt nicht nur d…
Der Krieg um das Heilige Land in einer großen Gesamtdarstellung, die politische und religiöse Beweggründe aller Seiten ernst nimmt und die immense Kriegslogistik veranschaulicht. In packenden Szenen schildert Asbridge all die Belagerungen und Eroberungen und entwirft lebendige P…
"Just Wars, Holy Wars, and Jihads explores the development of ideas of morally justified or legitimate war in Western and Islamic civilizations. Historically, these ideas have been grouped under three labels: just war, holy war, and jihad. A large body of literature exists explo…
This title explores the development of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish thinking on just war, holy war, and jihad over the past 14 centuries.
Divine War in the Old Testament and in the Ancient Near East Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.
"One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, begi…
The militant eschatology of the liturgy and the origins of crusade ideology -- From pilgrimage to crusade -- On the march -- Celebrating the capture of Jerusalem in the Holy City -- Echoes of victory in the west -- Clamouring to God : liturgy as a weapon of war (the thirteenth c…
From the very beginning and throughout the history of the Crusades, liturgical prayer, masses, and alms were all marshaled in the fight against the Muslim armies. During the Fifth Crusade, Pope Honorius III likened liturgy to "invisible weapons." This book is about those invisib…