Major turning points in Jewish intellectual history / David Aberbach.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.

Introduction -- Pt. I: From Idolatry to Monotheism -- 1: The Iron Age, Imperialism, and the Prophets -- 2: Trauma and Abstract Monotheism: Jewish Exile and Recovery in the Sixth Century B.C.E. -- Pt. II: From State to Scripture -- 3: The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism -- 4: Entry to Powerlessness: The Tannaim, Marcus Aurelius, and the Politics of Stoicized Judaism -- Pt. III: Toward a Secular Culture -- 5: Secular Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Spain 1031-1140 -- Pt. IV: From Theology to Sociology -- 6: The Baal Shem Tov, Mystical Union, and Individualism -- 7: Marx and Freud: Emancipation and the End of Rabbinic Dominance -- 8: Conflicting Images of Hebrew in Western Civilization -- Pt. V: From Assimilation to Nationalism -- 9: The Renascence of Hebrew and Jewish Nationalism in the Tsarist Empire 1881-1917.