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xxii, 753 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Contents: Origins. Abraham, the tribal ancestor of three world religions ; Problems over beginnings -- The centre. The central structural elements ; The central figure -- History. The tribal paradigm : the period before the state ; The paradigm of the kingdom : the period of the monarchy ; The paradigm of theocracy : post-exilic Judaism ; The mediaeval paradigm : the rabbis and the synagogue ; The modern paradigm : assimilation -- From the Holocaust to the state of Israel. A past that will not go away ; The repression of guilt ; The return to Israel -- The dispute between Jews and Christians. Jewish in Jewish-Christian dialogue today ; Who was Jesus? ; Belief in Jesus as the Messiah? ; The history of an alienation ; A first Christian paradigm shift : from Jewish Christianity to Gentile Christianity ; Christian self-criticism in the light of Judaism ; Jewish self-criticism in the light of the Sermon on the Mount? -- The overcoming of modernity. Ways out of the identity crisis ; Basic religious options for the future? -- Judaism in the postmodern period. The advent of postmodernity ; Judaism in postmodernity -- Conflicts in life and the future of the law. The ambivalence of the law ; For God's sake? ; For the sake of human beings ; The future of the people of god -- Jews, Muslims and the future of the state of Israel. The great ideal ; The tragic conflict ; On the way to peace ; A real-utopian vision of peace -- The Holocaust the the future for talk of God. The Holocaust in Jewish theology ; Understanding God after Auschwitz -- Epilogue : no new world order without a new world ethic. Hans Kung ; [translated by John Bowden from the German] Translation of: Das Judentum. Includes bibliographical references (p. [637]-728) and indexes. Judaism 20th century Judaism History Judaism Relations Christianity Christianity and other religions Judaism Judaism Essence, genius, nature 296 K�ung, Hans 1928- 0824511816 92002974 EUN 920611 20151117134434.0 25990359