Introduction: Approaching the history of judaism
Part I. Origins (c. 2000 BCE-70 CE)
Deserts, tribes, and empires
The formation of the Bible
The Torah of Moses : Judaism in the Bible
Part II. Interpreting the Torah (200 BCE-70 CE)
Jews in a Graeco-Roman world
"Jewish doctrine takes three forms"
Preoccupations and expectations
Part III. The formation of rabbinic Judaism (70-1500 CE)
From pagan Rome to Islam and medieval Christendom
Rabbis in the east (70-1000 CE)
Judaism beyond the rabbis
Rabbis in the west (1000-1500 CE)
Part IV. Authority and reaction (1500-1800)
The European Renaissance ad the New World
New certainties and new mysticism
Part V. The challenge of the modern world (1750-present)
From the Enlightenment to the state of Israel