Judaism a historical presentation

Isidore Epstein

• contents:
• 1. The Beginnings
• 2. Israel's Selection
• 3. The Torah
• 4. Israel's Defection
• 5. National and Religious Disruption: The Tragic Kingdom of Israel
• 6. The Kingdom of Judah: Its rise and Fall
• 7. The Prophets
• 8. Priests and Psalmists
• 9. The "Wise Men"
• 10. The Judean Theocratic State
• 11. The Second Hebrew Commonwealth
• 12. The Jewish National Spiritual Centre
• 13. The Talmud in the Making
• 14. Talmudic Judaism (i): Its Faith
• 15. Talmudic Judaism (ii): Ethics and Virtue
• 16. Talmudic Judaism (iii): Religious Observances
• 17. The Consolidation of Talmudic Judaism
• 18. Jewish Philosophy 19. Jewish Mysticism: The Kabbalah
• 20. The Contribution of Medieval Rabbinism
• 21. Modern Movements in Judaism
• 22. The Jewish State and Judaism.