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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2017
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| In: |
Cross currents
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 555-564 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Refugee
/ Non-Jew
/ Admission
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| IxTheo 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 |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12278 |
