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
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
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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 |