La più antica delle tre religioni monoteistiche rimane, nonostante lo scarso numero di seguaci, una potenza spirituale mondiale grazie soprattutto alla sua vitalità, al suo dinamismo e alla sua capacità di rinnovarsi nella continuità. Quest'opera complessa e interdisciplinare alterna la racconto della storia millenaria dell'ebraismo, dalle origini fino ai giorni nostri, la riflessione più specificatamente teologica e l'analisi dei rapporti fra religione, politica e società.
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 Küng is "a Catholic priest in good standing," but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology.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.
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.
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.