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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Auteur principal: Ribak, Gil (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: The University of North Carolina Press 2017
Dans: Cross currents
Année: 2017, Volume: 67, Numéro: 3, Pages: 555-564
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Bibel. Altes Testament (Biblia Hebraica) / Réfugié / Non-juif / Accueil
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
BH Judaïsme
KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B Torah (The Hebrew word)
B Bible. Old Testament
B Judaism
B Bible. Pentateuch
B Refugees
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12278