Gershom Gorenberg is an associate editor and columnist for The Jerusalem Report, a regular contributor to The New Republic and an associate of the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University. He lives in Jerusalem, where he has spent years covering the dangerous mix of religion and politics.
"Gorenberg...shows himself an insightful listener."--The New York Times Book Review"Dismayingly good history....Gorenberg's book predicts not only the eruption but the location of each fault line."--Washington Post Book World"A prescient and invaluable guide to understanding the collapse of the peace process and the dangerously escalating conflict that has replaced it....Gorenberg's vivid descriptions of the setting and his well-crafted development of the characters make this book read like a millennial thriller, leaving the reader with a bone-chilling sensation about the violent events currently unfolding in Jerusalem."--Boston Globe"Gorenberg's prescience is manifest....This valuable study greatly enhances readers' grasp of [the] Middle East's religious and political complexities."--Publishers Weekly, starred review"Few American journalists understand evangelical theology well enough to explain the Christian Right, few Israeli journalists take messianic Zionism seriously enough to explain the right-wing settlers, and few of either investigate Islam as more than a caricature. Gershom Gorenberg has the intellectual depth and journalistic curiosity to do all three, and as a result, his warnings chill the bone."--The New Republic
"Gorenberg...shows himself an insightful listener."--The New
York Times Book Review
"Dismayingly good history....Gorenberg's book predicts not only the
eruption but the location of each fault line."--Washington Post
Book World
"A prescient and invaluable guide to understanding the collapse of
the peace process and the dangerously escalating conflict that has
replaced it....Gorenberg's vivid descriptions of the setting and
his well-crafted development of the characters make this book read
like a millennial thriller, leaving the reader with a bone-chilling
sensation about the violent events currently unfolding in
Jerusalem."--Boston Globe
"Gorenberg's prescience is manifest....This valuable study greatly
enhances readers' grasp of [the] Middle East's religious and
political complexities."--Publishers Weekly, starred
review
"Few American journalists understand evangelical theology well
enough to explain the Christian Right, few Israeli journalists take
messianic Zionism seriously enough to explain the right-wing
settlers, and few of either investigate Islam as more than a
caricature. Gershom Gorenberg has the intellectual depth and
journalistic curiosity to do all three, and as a result, his
warnings chill the bone."--The New Republic
Gorenberg (coauthor, Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin) offers an analysis of the ongoing apocalyptic obsession with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. There will always be Jews, Christians, and Muslims who find millennialism appealing, he writes, because of the Kingdom of God's inherent power to address the injustices of an imperfect world. The belief in the apocalypse can spawn attempts to make it happen, and the author describes many instances when fringe groups have tried to achieve it. He explains the irony of different groups using each other to "bring about the end." For instance, in the 1990s, Christian evangelicals cooperated with Zionists in attempts to breed a pure red heifer, the sacrifice of which is a prerequisite for the building of the third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Essentially, argues Gorenberg, this is the way Christian fundamentalists make sense of supporting the Jewish state. This book is a sobering lesson on the power millennialism wields to this day and the danger of nihilism when such prophecies fail and extremists take matters into their own hands. Recommended for public libraries.DLoren Rosson III, Nashua P.L., NH Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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