Yoel Wachtel The National Religious Thought of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda ha-Cohen Kook: Ideology and Political Practice

Rabbi Zvi Yehuda ha-Cohen Kook ( Rabbi Zvi Yehuda , 1891-1982 ) was one of the most outstanding spiritual leaders within the Israeli Religious-Zionist camp of the twentieth century , who even during his lifetime assumed title “ Father of the Knitted Skullcap Generation" ( avi dor ha-kippot ha-serugot ) . His impact on Israel’s society was immense : his support in favor of the ideology of the Greater 1 For an expanded discussion about Rabbi Zvi Yehuda ha-Cohen Kook’s national religious thought , see : Aviezer Ravitzky , Messianism , Zionism , and Jewish Religious Radicalism , Michael Swirsky and Jonathan Chipman trans . ( Chicago & London : The University of Chicago Press , 1996 ) , in particular , chapter 3 – “ The Revealed End" : Messianic Religious Zionism , pp . 79-144 , Dov Schwartz , Faith at the Crossroad , Batya Stein trans . ( Leiden , Boston and Koln : Brill , 2002 ) , pp . 70-72 , 173-179 , Eli Holzer , A Double-Edged Sword : Military Activism in the Thought of Religious Zion...  אל הספר
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