This book is concerned with the question of the role of Jewish Religion in the development of the Zionist Movement, both theoretically, in respect to nationalist consciousness, and in the area of day to day activity. It traces the turnings of this interaction in Zionist history from the early 1860’s until 1930.
"I found Religion and Zionism an eye-opening reading experience because it explores the origins of religious thinking on the Zionist experiment – a topic that remains very much unresolved." - Jerusalem Post review, 12/04/2002
"Salmon's articles arouse the readers interest in the topic" - Myers, Jody. Review of Religion and Zionism: First Encounters by Yosef Salmon, in AJS Review (The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies), Vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 376-378