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Author: Marshall Breger
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.753kg
ISBN: 9780268043582
ISBN 10: 0268043582
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 01 March 2004
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"". . . essays are informed and cogent. This volume is a must read for all seriously interested in Middle East politics, Jewish-Christian relations, and international law. Highly recommended."" —Choice ""Scholars of Jewish-Christian relations will use The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts as a useful and detailed reference about an important event in the history of a complex and fascinating political and religious relationship."" —Perspectives on Political Science ""…this collection offers a rare, intriguing glance behind the scenes into the visionary policy and hardball negotiations of Vatican diplomacy. The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts is the proverbial stone that creates pervading rings in the ocean of life and politics."" —Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly ""…this volume, should be of enormous value to specialists in international relations, church-state affairs, or Christian-Jewish dialogue."" —Catholic Library World "". . . a serious study of a difficult and sensitive topic. The book should be assigned as a textbook for comparative religion and Jewish studies curriculum."" —Journal of Church and State "". . . highly recommend it. . . ."" —Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter "". . . an interesting and useful compendium of analyses dealing with the historical, sociological, religious, and legal dimensions of the Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel."" —Journal of Palestine Studies ""This volume could easily be the basis of a course or the focus of a study group. Each essay stimulates the mind, regardless of reader or author perspective. Contains bibliographic notes and index. Highly recommended as an important resource on the Middle East."" —Church & Synagogue Libraries, Vol.XXXVII ""This excellent collection of essays will be a must read for anyone interested in the Middle East, international politics and law, or Catholic-Jewish relations. It examines the historic 1993 accord between the Holy See and the State of Israel from a variety of scholarly points of view. The authors include participants in the negotiations that led to the agreement, making it the definitive interpreter of the accord and its historical and religious implications."" —The Catholic Historical Review
"“. . . essays are informed and cogent. This volume is a must read for all seriously interested in Middle East politics, Jewish-Christian relations, and international law. Highly recommended.” —Choice “Scholars of Jewish-Christian relations will use The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts as a useful and detailed reference about an important event in the history of a complex and fascinating political and religious relationship.” —Perspectives on Political Science “…this collection offers a rare, intriguing glance behind the scenes into the visionary policy and hardball negotiations of Vatican diplomacy. The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts is the proverbial stone that creates pervading rings in the ocean of life and politics.” —Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly “…this volume, should be of enormous value to specialists in international relations, church-state affairs, or Christian-Jewish dialogue.” —Catholic Library World "". . . a serious study of a difficult and sensitive topic. The book should be assigned as a textbook for comparative religion and Jewish studies curriculum."" —Journal of Church and State "". . . highly recommend it. . . ."" —Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter "". . . an interesting and useful compendium of analyses dealing with the historical, sociological, religious, and legal dimensions of the Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel."" —Journal of Palestine Studies ""This volume could easily be the basis of a course or the focus of a study group. Each essay stimulates the mind, regardless of reader or author perspective. Contains bibliographic notes and index. Highly recommended as an important resource on the Middle East."" —Church & Synagogue Libraries, Vol.XXXVII ""This excellent collection of essays will be a must read for anyone interested in the Middle East, international politics and law, or Catholic-Jewish relations. It examines the historic 1993 accord between the Holy See and the State of Israel from a variety of scholarly points of view. The authors include participants in the negotiations that led to the agreement, making it the definitive interpreter of the accord and its historical and religious implications."" —The Catholic Historical Review"
The Vatican-Israel Accords promises to make a tremendous contribution to understanding a tangled relationship. It is a unique, and uniquely valuable, volume.
Author Information
Marshall J. Breger is professor of law at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America. Contributors: Marshall J. Breger, Laurenzo Cremonesi, Msgr. Richard Mathes, David-Maria A. Jaeger, O.F.M., Leonard Hammer, Silvio Ferrari, Rafael Palomino, Msgr. Roland Minnerath, Rabbi David Rosen, Moshe Hirsch, Geoffrey Watson, Giorgio Filibeck, Ruth Lapidoth, Fr. Drew Christiansen, S.J., and Rabbi Jack Bemporad.
