Messianic movements and the sacralization of the territory

This article focuses on contemporary Messianic Judaism. The author deals particularly with the Chabad and Gush Emunim movements, which have established many settlements in the West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip. and Golan Heights. These settlements not only satisfy a vital need for living space...

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Autor: Pace, Vincenzo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Rever (São Paulo. Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/46904
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/46904
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Messianism
Contemporary Judaism
Sacralization of the territory
Chabad
Gush Emunim
Gush Emunim.
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Sumario:This article focuses on contemporary Messianic Judaism. The author deals particularly with the Chabad and Gush Emunim movements, which have established many settlements in the West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip. and Golan Heights. These settlements not only satisfy a vital need for living space but are also the expression of strong Messianic tension. This tension produces a mundus imaginalis (Corbin), the boundaries of which come between heaven and earth, betweenthe biblical contours of the Promised Land and the harsh reality of a territory marked by war. The object of analysis is the toponymic politics developed by these Messianic movements in order to sacralize the territory in view of the coming of the Messiah.