Table of Contents

List of Contributors Introduction E. Sivan Chapter 1 Religious Radicalism and Political Messianism in Israel A. Ravitzky Chapter 2 Islamic Radicalism: Sunni and Shicite E. Sivan Chapter 3 The Jewish Religion and Contemporary Israeli Nationalism C. Liebman Chapter 4 The Radical Shicite Opposition Movements in Iraq A. Baram Chapter 5 Jewish Zealots: Conservative versus Innovative M. Friedman Chapter 6 Pro-Iranian Fundamentalism in Gaza T. Mayer Chapter 7 Redemption as a Catastrophe: The Gospel of Gush Emunim G. Aran Chapter 8 Khomeini's Messengers: The Disputed Pilgrimage of Islam M. Kramer Notes Index

About the Author

Emmanuel Sivan is a Professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Menachem Friedman is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan.

Reviews

"Both Islamic and Jewish radicalism are phenomena of great contemporary importance. This book helps to define the possible parameters of future developments in both the Muslim world and in Israel."-James Jankowski, University of Colorado "I find the comparative approach and the parallel treatment of these movements and trends, in relation, respectively, to the Islamic and the Judaic traditions refreshing and fruitful."- Said Amir Arjomand, State University of New York at Stony Brook