| Acknowledgement | 第1-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-22页 |
| Chapter One Assimilation and Identity of Jews in the United States | 第22-49页 |
| 1． The Theory of Assimilation in a Sociological Perspective | 第22-24页 |
| 2． The Immigration of Jews to the United States | 第24-25页 |
| 3． The Allurement of the Promised Land | 第25-31页 |
| 4． Cultural Assimilation of the American Jews from the 1920s to 1960s | 第31-35页 |
| 5． Structural and Marital Assimilation of the American Jews | 第35-38页 |
| 6． Identity Issue: Jewish or American | 第38-44页 |
| 7． Assimilation as the Fictional Concern | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter Two Spiritual Crisis after Assimilation | 第49-84页 |
| 1． The Archetypes of Exile and Suffering in the Bible and Jewish History | 第49-54页 |
| 2． Suffering from the Democratic Illusion in Diaspora | 第54-62页 |
| 3． Approaching the Issue of Suffering from a Jewish Traditional Perspective | 第62-73页 |
| 4． Suffering and Human Evil | 第73-78页 |
| 5． Differences from Other Peoples in Suffering | 第78-84页 |
| Chapter Three In Search of a New Utopia （Ⅰ） | 第84-115页 |
| 1． Utopia in the Philosophical Tradition | 第84-87页 |
| 2． Fictional Exploration of Traditional Utopia | 第87-96页 |
| 3． Toward the Lost Eden: Back to the Jewish Tradition | 第96-115页 |
| Chapter 4 In Search of a New Utopia （Ⅱ） | 第115-142页 |
| 1． The Tradition of the American Dream | 第115-117页 |
| 2． Toward the Promise of the American Dream | 第117-137页 |
| 3． The Quest Theme in American Literature | 第137-142页 |
| Conclusion | 第142-149页 |
| Works Cited | 第149-154页 |
| Index | 第154-155页 |
