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Biblical and Rabbinic Sources on the Land of Israel. Judaism and the Land of Israel. Jewish Ideas and Beliefs.

Because most Jews of this period lived in the Diaspora, Israel was an abstract concept.

In the Bible, possession of the Land of Israel is tied to moral behavior.

In modernity, Jews have believed in various kinds of Zionism--and some have also stood in opposition.

From religious idea to secular ideology.

In rabbinic literature, the Land was of primary importance--even as the Diaspora grew.

Religious Zionists believe that the Jewish return to Israel hastens the Messiah.

An excerpt from "The Jewish State"

New Historians, new understandings of the past, and recent critiques of Zionist discourse

The seder as a key to Jewish continuity