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The writings of Yehezkel Kaufman, late Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, fall into three main categories: • Bible studies, of which the four-volume History of the Religion of Israel is the magnum opus • Socio-historical analysis of Jewry’s fate and existence as a diaspora-nation community, with the two-volume Golah ve-Nekhar (Exile and Estrangement) being his most...

faith demanding spiritual and moral virtue. Judaism is community oriented, societal; Christianity individual-personal. Judaism is impersonal law and covenantal-national. Christianity is personal, universalistic, human. The core concept of Judaism is the abstract “Law” (Torah); that of Christianity, sanctification of the man-God, Jesus. Judaism affirms man’s life in this world; it is optimistic and calls for moral-ethical action of the individual and society. Christianity is pessimistic, ascetic,
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