Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Classical Foundations
- Part II Just War
- 9 Judaism and the Ethics of War
- 10 The Idea of Just War in Christian Thought from the Age of Augustine through the Early Modern Period
- 11 Islam and the Just War Tradition
- 12 Is There a Hindu Just War?
- 13 Buddhist Just War Traditions
- Part III Religious Nationalism
- Part IV Featured Conflicts
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
9 - Judaism and the Ethics of War
from Part II - Just War
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Classical Foundations
- Part II Just War
- 9 Judaism and the Ethics of War
- 10 The Idea of Just War in Christian Thought from the Age of Augustine through the Early Modern Period
- 11 Islam and the Just War Tradition
- 12 Is There a Hindu Just War?
- 13 Buddhist Just War Traditions
- Part III Religious Nationalism
- Part IV Featured Conflicts
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
This chapter examines how Judaism has negotiated the problematic of war with its standard of ethics from biblical to modern times.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 215 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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