The Oslo accords and the temple mount: A case study. The movement for the establishment of the temple
This article discusses the internal world of the Movement for the Establishment of the Temple, a small and unique group within modern-day ultra-Orthodox circles in Israel. This group seeks to achieve a religious revolution within Israeli Orthodoxy through its demand to rebuild the Temple and to abol...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 2003, Volume: 74, Pages: 279-323 |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Orthodox Judaism
B Temple B Zionism B Judaism B Israel |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This article discusses the internal world of the Movement for the Establishment of the Temple, a small and unique group within modern-day ultra-Orthodox circles in Israel. This group seeks to achieve a religious revolution within Israeli Orthodoxy through its demand to rebuild the Temple and to abolish the grave halakhic prohibition against entering the Temple Mount area. The movement argues that Orthodox passivity on this issue is due to a theological error, and accordingly it offers an alternative historiographic and theological approach. The article discusses in detail the manner in which this group has attempted to achieve religious change and to address the dilemmas raised by this demand. It also discusses the manner in which the group acts to encourage messianic activism within traditionalist Orthodox circles. This discussion may provide valuable information regarding the behavior of modern-day ultra-Orthodox society. The article describes the theological crisis provoked in certain Orthodox Zionist circles by the Oslo process, which was based on a territorial compromise between the State of Israel and the Palestinians in the Land of Israel, and explains why this crisis enabled the movement's ideas to penetrate growing circles within the rabbinical leadership of Gush Emunim. Concern that the State of Israel might hand the Temple Mount over to Palestinian control led to a change in what had been considered for centuries to be a grave religious prohibition. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | In: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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