Next Year in Jerusalem

Exile and Return in Jewish History

Leonard J. Greenspoon

• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781557538758
• eBook ISBN:
  9781612496047
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Jewish History

Next Year in Jerusalem recognizes that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile and return in their long tradition. The fourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from different approaches, genres, and media. They cover the period from biblical times through today. Among the exiles highlighted are the Babylonian Exile (sixth century BCE), the exile after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (70 CE), and the years after the Crusaders (tenth century CE). Events of return include the aftermath of the Babylonian Exile (fifth century BCE), the centuries after the Temple's destruction (first and second CE), and the years of the establishment of 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 explanations offered (typically, this was seen as divine punishment or reward for Israel's behavior). The entire volume is written authoritatively and 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