Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History (Paperback)

Preface ix
Introduction: The Crisis of Jewish Ideology 3

I. Sovereignty and Imperialism in Antiquity 10
II. The Political Theory of the Diaspora 34
III. Corporate Power in the Middle Ages 58
IV. Absolutism·and Enlightenment 87
V. Between Haskalah and Holocaust 118
VI. Israel and the Meaning of Modern Sovereignty 145
VII. American Jews and Contemporary DiasporaPower 177

Epilogue: The Political Legacy of Jewish History 206
Notes 211
Index 2238