El judaísmo. Pasado, presente y futuro

by Hans Küng

""This is the first of a projected series of three books, each dealing with one of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is without doubt one of the most serious and learned encounters with Judaism by a non-Jewish scholar and thinker in our time"." -- Shofar

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Judaism, History, Jewish

718 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Hans Küng was a Swiss Catholic priest, controversial theologian, and prolific author. Since 1995 he had been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng is "a Catholic priest in good standing," but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology. Though he had to leave the Catholic faculty, he remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of Ecumenical Theology and served as Emeritus Professor since 1996. In spite of not being allowed to teach Catholic theology, neither his bishop nor the Holy See had revoked his priestly faculties.

Reviews

[Eve Lyons]

Hans Kung, a Catholic theologian who was at one time on the outs with the Catholic Church for his honesty and his critical thinking, has completed a masterpiece of Jewish history, including its influence over Western Civilization and the development of Christianity and Islam. This is a must read book for anyone interested in Jewish history.

[Teresa]

Have read twice.

[Matteo Suardi]

A magnificent work, part of an even more magnificent project that aims to be a pillar for interreligious dialogue. Kung's approach is always wonderfully kind, he's never dogmatic or prejudicial. And provides always new, brilliant frames for well-known themes.

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Excellent!