PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. PREFACE xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. THE CRISIS OF MODERN JEWRY 5
8. BEING JEWISH: RELIGION OR NATIONALITY? 9
9. JEWISH IDENTITY IN RUSSIA 12
10. JEWS AND THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENTSIA 15
11. “UNIVERSAL VALUES” AND THEIR BIBLICAL ROOTS 24
12. HOW DEEP ARE THE BIBLICAL ROOTS AND HOW OLD ARE THE JEWS? 78
13. THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE JEWISH PHENOMENON IN HISTORY 96
14. WHY THE JEWS? 100
15. A CHAIN OF RANDOM EVENTS OR A PATTERN OF HISTORICAL BEHAVIOR? 154
16. THE JEWS AND THE STRATEGY OF THE SPECIES’ SURVIVAL 163
17. A CHANCE CONGRUENCE OF FACTORS OR A DESIGN OF MOTHER NATURE? 171
18. THE MEANING OF THE HOLOCAUST? 186
19. ANTI-SEMITISM 191
20. CONCLUSION 193
21. APPENDIX 1. ETYMOLOGY OF SELECTED HEBREW TERMS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL/SPIRITUAL CULTURE 199
22. APPENDIX 2. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ETYMOLOGY FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF ANCIENT WRITINGS: FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE TO THE NEW TESTAMENT 212
23. APPENDIX 3 THE GENEALOGICAL TREE OF WORLD LANGUAGES 258
24. Appendix 4: The Genealogical Tree of Afrasian (Afroasiatic) Languages 263
25. TRANSCRIPTION SIGNS AND CONVENTIONS 264
26. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS 266
27. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 270
28. INDEX OF NAMES 274