A Prophetic Peace

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Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, andpeace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him tosearch for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages ofpeace. In his insightful readings of the texts of Biblical prophecy and rabbiniclaw, Isaacs draws on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, AbrahamJoshua Heschel, and Martin Buber, among others, to propose an ambitious vision ofreligiously inspired peace. Rejecting the notion of Jewish theology as partial towar and vengeance, this eloquent and moving work points to the ways in which Judaismcan be a path to peace. A Prophetic Peace describes an educational project calledTalking Peace whose aim is to bring individuals of different views together to sharevarying understandings of peace.