Zwi Jehuda Kook

Zwi Jehuda Kook ( Hebrew צבי יהודה קוק; * April 23, 1891 in Zaumel in the Kovno governorate , today Lithuania ; † March 9, 1982 in Jerusalem ) was the spiritual father of the messianic Gush Emunim , Orthodox rabbi and leader of the Merkas HaRaw Kook . He was born the son of Abraham Isaac Kook and was named in honor of the brother of his maternal grandfather: Rabbi Zwi Jehuda Rabinowitch Teomim. The followers of the teachings of Zwi Jehuda Kook are also called Kookists (German: Kookists ).

Publications

His life, decisions, essays, articles, responses and letters have been the subject of numerous publications.

Article books

"Or Le-Netiwati" ( Hebrew אוֹר לנָתִיבתי).
"Le-Netiwot Israel" ( Hebrew לנתיבות ישראל).

Letters-books

Zemach zwi ( Hebrew צמח צבי).
Dodi Li-Zwi ( Hebrew דוֹדִי לִצְבִי; lit: "My beloved is my youth").
Igrot ha-Reʼayah ( Hebrew אִגְּרוֹת הַרְאָיָה; lit: “Letters to show”).

Reading books

Sichot HaRaw Zwi Jehuda ( Hebrew שיחות הרב צבי יהודה).
Mesilat Yesharim ( Hebrew מסילת ישרים, lit. "Path of the upright")
Moadim ( Hebrew מועדים, lit. "Celebrations").

etc. by Rabbi Schlomo Aviner .

literature

Peter Demandt: Gusch Emunin . In: Micha Brumlik , Dan Diner (Ed.): Babylon - Contributions to the Jewish Present , Issue 4 (1988), pp. 40 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Obituary for Zwi Jehuda Kook in the New York Times, March 11, 1982
^ Alan Dowty: The Jewish State: A Century Later . University of California Press, 1997, ISBN 0-520-22911-8 .
^ David Weisburd: Jewish Settler Violence: Deviance as Social Reaction . Penn State Press, 1985, ISBN 0-271-02673-1 .
↑ Note: The term Kookists was coined by Gideon Aran . See: Gideon Aran: Jewish Zionist Fundamentalism - The Bloc of the Faithful in Israel (Gush Emunim); in Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby (Eds.): Fundamentalism Observed , University of Chicago Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-226-50878-8 , pp. 265-344

personal data
SURNAME	Kook, Zwi Jehuda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Israeli rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zaumel , Kovno Governorate , today Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH	March 9, 1982
Place of death	Jerusalem

[1] Obituary for Zwi Jehuda Kook in the New York Times, March 11, 1982

[2] Alan Dowty: The Jewish State: A Century Later . University of California Press, 1997, ISBN 0-520-22911-8 .

[3] David Weisburd: Jewish Settler Violence: Deviance as Social Reaction . Penn State Press, 1985, ISBN 0-271-02673-1 .

[4] Note: The term Kookists was coined by Gideon Aran . See: Gideon Aran: Jewish Zionist Fundamentalism - The Bloc of the Faithful in Israel (Gush Emunim); in Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby (Eds.): Fundamentalism Observed , University of Chicago Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-226-50878-8 , pp. 265-344