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