This controversial investigation of the doctrine of Israel's election casts new light on Jewish modernity.
PrefaceList of abbreviationsGeneral noteIntroduction11Spinoza and his challenge222Hermann Cohen's concept of election503Franz Rosenzweig's return to the doctrine784The retrieval of the biblical doctrine1085The rabbinic development of the doctrine1636Two medieval views of election200Conclusion241Appendix 1 Some major Jewish thinkers cited256Appendix 2259Appendix 3262Appendix 4264Bibliography266Index278