Third-Party Peacemakers in Judaism: Text, Theory, and Practice

Third-party Peacemakers In Judaism Presents Thirty-six Case Studies Featuring Third-party Peacemakers Found Within Jewish Rabbinic Literature. Each Case Study Is Explored Through Three Layers Of Analysis: Text, Theory, And Practice. The Textual Analysis Consists Of Close Literary And Historical Readings Of Legends And Historical Accounts As Found Within Classical, Medieval, And Early-modern Rabbinic Literature, Many Of Which Are Critically Analyzed Here For The First Time. The Theoretical Analysis Consists Of Analyzing The Models Of Third-party Peacemaking Imbedded Within The Various Cases Studies By Comparing Them With Other Cultural And Religious Models Of Third-party Peacemaking And Conflict Resolution, In Particular The Arab-islamic Sulha And Contemporary Interactive Problem-solving Workshops. The Final Layer Of Analysis, Based Upon The Author's Personal Experiences In Years Of Dong Conflict Resolution Education, Trainings, And Actual Third-party Religious Peacemaking In The Context Of The Israeli-palestinian Conflict, Relates To The Potential Practical Implications Of These Case Studies To Serve As Indigenous Models And Sources Of Inspiration For Third-party Mediation And Peacemaking In Both Interpersonal And Intergroup Conflicts Today--