Various Theories Explaining Why the Jewish People are Special: A Response to Jerome Gellman, David Novak, and Michael Wyschogrod's Understanding of the Chosen People

"The author offers observations from the Jewish point of view, accentuating the need for Christians, Jews, and all humanity to see each other more as separated brethren than conquerors of doctrinal disputes or combatants on the literal fields of history with a greater understanding of Jewish heritage in the Western world and the need to preserve the worldview specially granted to the Jews historically"--

Table of Contents:
Sample from Table of Content: Foreword by Craig Nichols; Preface/Acknowledgements; Introduction: Historical and Philosophical Underpinnings: Methodological Overview. History. Philosophy. The Bible. The Philosophy of the Human Reality: Methodological Individualism; The Reality of Groups. Further Methodological Considerations. What is (are) the Jewish People?. The Earliest History of the Jews as Chosen: Abraham; Isaac; Jacob. Abrahamic Religion. Moses. Revisiting the Nature of the Jewish People. Refuting Misunderstandings of the Bible. Receiving Guidance from Early Modern History. Inevitable Differences between the Various Religions; Chapter One: Jerome Gellman's Contemporary Doctrine of the Jews as the Chosen People; Gellman's Criteria. My Critique of the Latter Criteria. Theology vs. Philosophy. Freedom and the Lack Thereof. Some Loose Threads. How My Project Differs from Gellman's. Chapter Two: Quasi-Racial and Racist Theories; Yehudah Halevi and The Kuzari. The Zohar. Franz Rosenzweig and The Star of Redemption: Blood and Spirit; The Peoples and their Native Soil. The Problem with Racial Theories. Is There a Relationship between Racial Self-identity and Anti-Semitism? And more.

About the Author :
Dr Andrew L. Gluck taught philosophy at HofStra and St. John University. He holds a PhD. in Philosophy and Education from Columbia University.

Review :
"This is a work that approaches the idea/doctrine of chosenness (as in the sense of a chosen people) refracted through the prism of a "philosophical" perspective and approach (informed by a Renaissance and Reformation-era perspective). Gluck has rendered a profound and thought-provoking work that will be of service to many who think deeply."- John T Greene, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University. "While reminding religious and non-religious people alike of the great contribution of the Jews to modern Western culture, the present volume searches out a hermeneutical middle ground between the materialism of race-based identity theories and the ideological excesses of narrowly conceived religious systems." - Craig Nichols, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island.