TORTUROUS AMBIVALENCE: Judaic Struggles with Torture

A surprising lack of consensus exists among contemporary Jewish scholars about Judaism's position vis-à-vis torture. Some claim that Judaism condones torture while others insist that Judaism condemns it. These diverging opinions on such a troubling practice suggest an ambivalence deep within th...

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Main Author: Crane, Jonathan K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 598-605
Further subjects:B Ambivalence
B ticking bomb
B Judaism
B Torture
B Rhetoric
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