Judaism A Historical PresentationPDF电子书下载

PREFACE 9

1 The Beginnings 11

2 Israel＇s Selection 19

3 The Torah 23

4 Israel＇s Defection 32

5 National and Religious Disruption：The Tragic Kingdom of Israel 38

6 The Kingdom of Judah：Its rise and Fall 46

7 The Prophets 55

8 Priests and Psalmists 65

9 The＇Wise Men＇ 72

10 The Judean Theocratic State 79

11 The Second Hebrew Commonwealth 95

12 The Jewish National Spiritual Centre 111

13 The Talmud in the Making 121

14 Talmudic Judaism(ⅰ)：Its Faith 132

15 Talmudic Judaism(ⅱ)：Ethics and Virtue 146

16 Talmudic Judaism(ⅲ)：Religious Observances 160

17 The Consolidation of Talmudic Judaism 180

18 Jewish Philosophy 195

19 Jewish Mysticism：The Kabbalah 223

20 The Contribution of Medieval Rabbinism 252

21 Modern Movements in Judaism 287

22 The Jewish State and Judaism 319

BIBLIOGRAPHY 325

INDEX 333