Next Year in Jerusalem

Exile and Return in Jewish History

Leonard J. Greenspoon

• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781612496047
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Jewish Theology

Next Year in Jerusalem recognizes that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile andreturn in their long tradition. Thefourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from differentapproaches, genres, and media. Theycover the period from biblical times through today. Among the exiles highlighted are theBabylonian Exile (sixth century BCE), the exile after the destruction of theJerusalem Temple (70 CE), and the years after the Crusaders (tenth centuryCE). Events of return include theaftermath of the Babylonian Exile (fifth century BCE), the centuries after theTemple's destruction (first and second CE), and the years of the establishmentof the modern State of Israel (1948 CE). In each instance authors pay close attention to the historical settings, the literature created by Jews and others, and the theological explanationsoffered (typically, this was seen as divine punishment or reward for Israel's behavior). The entire volume is written authoritativelyand accessibly.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Editor’s Introduction
• Contributors
• Place as Real and Imagined in Exile: Jerusalem at the Center of Ezekiel
• “How Deserted Lies the City”: Politics and the Trauma of Homelessness in the Hebrew Bible
• Exile and Return in the Samaritan Traditions
• The Āl-Yāḫūdu Texts (ca. 572–477 BCE): A New Window into the Life of the Judean Exilic Community of Babylonia
• Karaites and Jerusalem: From Anan ben David to the Karaite Heritage Center in the Old City
• Jewish Folk Songs: Exile and Return
• Is Zionism a Movement of Return?
• The Jew in Situ: Variations of Zionism in Early Twentieth Century America
• Returning to Jewish Theology: Further Reflections on Franz Rosenzweig
• Exile and Return: Indian Jews and the Politics of Homecoming
• Against the Sabra Current: Hanokh Bartov’s Each Had Six Wings and the Embrace of Diasporic Vitality
• Shylock and the Ghetto, or East European Jewish Culture and Israeli Identity
• Exile and Zionism in the Writings of Rav Shagar
• The Role of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement in Changing Messianic Religious Zionists’ Attitude toward the Temple Mount