Modern Judaism

Nicholas De Lange is Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of Wolfson College and Director of Studies for Gonville and Caius College. His research interests include medieval Hebrew literature and manuscripts, contemporary Jewish theology and Jewish-Christian relations.Following a Research Fellowship in the Faculty of Divinity at University of Cambridge, Miri Freud-Kandel moved to Oxford to take up a lectureship in Modern Judaism and a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College. Her research interests include the theological development of Orthodox Judaism, particularly in Britain.

• General Introduction ; 1. Demographic Issues ; HISTORICAL ISSUES ; 2. Enlightenment and Emancipation ; 3. Persecution ; 4. A National Home ; 5. Post-Zionism ; ISSUES OF RELIGION AND MODERNITY ; 6. Modernist Movements ; 7. Traditionalist Strands ; 8. Humanist and Secular Judaisms ; 9. Jewish Renewal ; LOCAL ISSUES ; 10. American Jewry ; 11. Israeli Jewry ; 12. French Jewry ; 13. British Jewry ; 14. Jewry in the Former Soviet Union ; SOCIAL ISSUES ; 15. Survey ; 16. Jewish Identity ; 17. Fundamentalism ; RELIGIOUS ISSUES ; 18. Prayer and Worship ; 19. Authority of Texts ; 20. The Future of Jewish Practice ; THEOLOGICAL ISSUES ; 21. Survey ; 22. Revelation ; 23. Covenant ; PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES ; 24. Survey ; 25. The Problem of Evil ; 26. Jewish Ethics in a Modern World ; HALAKHIC ISSUES ; 27. Survey ; 28. Halakhah and Israel ; 29. Contemporary Issues in Halakhah ; GENDER ISSUES ; 30. Survey ; 31. The Changing Role of the Woman ; 32. Sexuality ; JUDAISM AND THE OTHER ; 33. As Others See Jews ; 34. Jewish-Christian Relations ; 35. Jewish-Muslim Relations