Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations x
5. Preface xi
6. Introduction xii
7. I. The Concept of Peace in the Hebrew Bible
8. 1. In the Pre-Exilic Period 1
9. 2. The Exile and Post-Exilic Prophecy 16
10. II. The Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis in the "Sefarim Chizoniim," in Philo and Josephus
11. (Excursus: The Rise of Individualism) 22
12. 1. The "Sefarim Chizoniim" 23
13. 2. Philo and Josephus as Representatives of the Jewish-Hellenistic Symbiosis 27
14. III. Views on Peace in Talmudic Times - Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash 31
15. IV. Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Its Attitude toward Peace
16. Introduction 44
17. 1. Messianic Peace 45
18. 2. Peace in the Here-and-Now 46
19. 3. Peace as an Abstract Concept 47
20. V. The Concept of Peace in the Jewish Enlightenment and Emancipation
21. 1. Hasidism 49
22. 2 The "Wissenschaft des Judentums" 51
23. VI. The Jewish Reformation
24. Introduction 61
25. (Excursus: Samson Raphael Hirsch, 1815-1889) 64
26. 1. Leo Baeck (1873-1956) 65
27. 2. Progressive Judaism Today 68
28. VII. Jews, Judaism and the Concept of Peace in Our Time by Albert H. Friedlander 73
29. Appendix 109
30. Bibliography 121