Judaism: The Basics

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ISBN: 9780415401760 | 0415401763
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Copyright: 9/19/2006

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The oldest of the world's major faiths, Judaism as practiced today represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years. Accessible and wide-ranging,Judaism: The Basicsis a must-have resource covering the stories, beliefs and expressions of that tradition. Key topics covered include: the Torah Israel - the state and its people Passover Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism and Zionism the impact of the Holocaust. With a glossary of terms and extensive suggestions for further reading,Judaism: The Basicsis an essential guide through the rich intricacies of the Jewish faith and people.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Defining Judaism	p. 1
Religion as a cultural system: Ethos, ethics, ethnos	p. 1
Judaism: The social entity, its way of life and worldview	p. 2
What question does Judaism ask and what answer does it set forth?	p. 3
Judaism and the Jews	p. 5
The Israelite people, the Israeli state	p. 7
Judaism Through Story	p. 9
Defining Judaism through stories	p. 11
Scripture and the narrative repertoire of Judaism	p. 13
Which books of Scripture tell the story? The Torah and the former prophets	p. 13
The latter prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets	p. 18
The writings	p. 18
From the history of ancient Israel to a narrative of the human condition	p. 19
Adam, Eve and Eden, Israel and the Land	p. 20
Adam and Israel: The parallel stories	p. 21
Who and what is Israel?	p. 25
Supplying the sustaining script	p. 25
Israel and the nations	p. 29
Five great occasions of basic Judaism	p. 35
The community of Judaism and Passover	p. 38
How Passover defines Judaism	p. 38
The lesson of Passover	p. 39
Who and what is Israel?	p. 41
The story of Passover perpetually present	p. 44
The Israelite before God and the Days of Awe	p. 47
A different kind of narrative	p. 47
The narrative of the Days of Awe: The New Year, the Day of Remembrance	p. 48
Rosh Hashanah, the New Year: The birthday of the world	p. 52
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement	p. 54
New beginnings on the Day of Atonement	p. 56
Sukkot / the Festival of Tabernacles	p. 58
The individual Israelite and Israel in history: the Huppah; the Covenant of Abraham; eating lunch	p. 61
How the marriage rite (Huppah) defines the bride and groom within the narratives of Judaism	p. 62
How the rite of the Covenant of Abraham (circumcision) defines the newborn son within the narratives of Judaism	p. 66
How the Grace after Meals situates the Israelite within the narratives of Judaism	p. 70
Judaism in Behavior and Belief	p. 75
The purpose of the Law, the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath	p. 77
The 613 Commandments and their single purpose	p. 79
"'What is hateful to you, to your fellow don't do.' That's the entirety of the Torah; everything else is elaboration. So go, study!"	p. 80
"Study is greater, for study brings about action"	p. 81
The Ten Commandments	p. 83
The Sabbath	p. 89
God is One, merciful and just	p. 92
Ethical monotheism	p. 93
God represented as one	p. 94
The creed of Judaism: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One"	p. 95
How does the Torah prove the justice of God?	p. 98
"Measure for Measure" illustrated by the ordeal of the wife accused of adultery	p. 100
The problem of evil	p. 101
How Judaic monotheism solves the problem of evil	p. 101
How does the Torah prove the mercy of God?	p. 103
All Israel has a portion of the world to come	p. 104
How do we know that the Resurrection of the Dead is basic to Judaism?	p. 107
The Secular History of Judaism	p. 109
The formation of normative Judaism	p. 111
From story to history	p. 112
The Pentateuch in historical context	p. 113
Second Temple Judaisms, 450 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.	p. 114
The social world of Second Temple Judaism	p. 115
Qumran's Judaic system	p. 116
The scribes and the Pharisees before 70 C.E.	p. 117
The first phase of Rabbinic Judaism, 70-200 C.E.: The Judaism of the Mishnah	p. 119
The second phase of Rabbinic Judaism, 200-600 C.E.: The Judaism of the Talmuds	p. 126
The articulation of normative Judaism	p. 129
The success of Rabbinic Judaism in Western civilization	p. 130
Subsets of Rabbinic Judaism: New philosophical thinking	p. 134
Maimonides	p. 137
Judah Halevi	p. 137
Subsets of Rabbinic Judaism: Media of mystical piety, Hasidism	p. 141
Rabbinic Judaism defines its heretics: Karaism and Sabbateanism	p. 145
Karaism and the doctrine that at Sinai God revealed the Torah to be transmitted through two media, written and oral	p. 146
Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative Judaisms, Zionism	p. 148
Competition in defining Judaism in modern times	p. 149
Why did the Rabbinic system meet competition?	p. 149
Reform Judaism	p. 151
Integrationist Orthodox Judaism	p. 154
Conservative Judaism	p. 157
Zionism	p. 162
The Holocaust	p. 169
How Judaism speaks today	p. 171
The Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption	p. 171
The worldview, way of life, and theory of Israel of the Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption	p. 173
The problem of evil	p. 175
How Judaism speaks today	p. 176
An Orthodox voice	p. 177
A Reform voice	p. 182
Glossary and Abbreviations	p. 186
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 194
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