Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Religions
Angaben zur Quelle:
12,11 (2021) pp 13
Keywords:
ʻAmiṭal, Yehudah,
;
Ṭal, Shemuʼel
;
Rabbis Attitudes
;
Land settlement Philosophy
;
Messianic era (Judaism) History of doctrines
Abstract:
In this article, I examine the role of prophetic disappointment in creating ideological change. I discuss the response of two Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda Amital (1924–2010) and Rabbi Shmuel Tal (b. 1962), to the crisis of faith they encountered regarding the role of Zionism in the messianic drama. This research describes the process of religious switching they have gone through due to failure of prophetic faith. This work argues that their transformation was an attempt to cope with the tension that results from cognitive dissonance in two different instances while blaming a third party for misunderstanding the true will of God. Their religious switching was an act of theodicy, justifying God’s justice, while renouncing their previous held beliefs. View Full-Text
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