The election of Israel : the idea of the chosen people - Novak, David, 1941- (Cambridge UK : Campridge UP, 1995)
Contents : Spinoza and his challenge -- Hermann Cohen's concept of election -- Franz Rosenzweig's return to the doctrine -- The retrieval of the biblical doctrine -- The rabbinic development of the doctrine -- Two medieval views of election.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Biblical teaching; Jews -- election, doctrine of -- history of doctrines; Jews -- identity