Prophetic Disappointment and Ideological Change among Israeli Settlers’ Rabbis: The Case of Rabbis Yehuda Amital and Shmuel Tal

In this article, I examine the role of prophetic disappointment in creating ideological change. discuss response two Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda Amital (1924–2010) and Shmuel Tal (b. 1962), to crisis faith they encountered regarding Zionism messianic drama. This research describes process religious switching have gone through due failure faith. work argues that their transformation was an attempt cope with tension results from cognitive dissonance different instances while blaming a third party for misunderstanding true will God. Their act theodicy, justifying God’s justice, renouncing previous held beliefs.