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The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People »

Book cover image of The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People by David Novak

Authors: David Novak, Novak David
ISBN-13: 9780521044820, ISBN-10: 0521044820
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: David Novak

Book Synopsis

This controversial investigation of the doctrine of Israel's election casts new light on Jewish modernity.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of abbreviations
General note
Introduction1
1Spinoza and his challenge22
2Hermann Cohen's concept of election50
3Franz Rosenzweig's return to the doctrine78
4The retrieval of the biblical doctrine108
5The rabbinic development of the doctrine163
6Two medieval views of election200
Conclusion241
Appendix 1 Some major Jewish thinkers cited256
Appendix 2259
Appendix 3262
Appendix 4264
Bibliography266
Index278

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