Helpless Refugees or the Seed of Amalek

The article presents a cautionary note about the use of Judaism as a means to justify political agendas. Topics include the Torah is stated to include indeed numerous instances in which the acceptance of refugees constitutes a religious duty, and the difficulties involved in any attempt to gather an...

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Main Author: Ribak, Gil (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2017
In: Cross currents
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 555-564
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Refugee / Non-Jew / Admission
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BH Judaism
KBL Near East and North Africa
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Torah (The Hebrew word)
B Bible. Old Testament
B Judaism
B Bible. Pentateuch
B Refugees
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Summary:The article presents a cautionary note about the use of Judaism as a means to justify political agendas. Topics include the Torah is stated to include indeed numerous instances in which the acceptance of refugees constitutes a religious duty, and the difficulties involved in any attempt to gather and implement a coherent set of rules from the Hebrew Bible for dealing with non-Israelites in distress.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12278