The Talmud for Beginners Living in a

As with the first two volumes in this series, The Talmud for Beginners, Volume 3: Living in a Non-Jewish World, introduces the beginner to an important book of the Talmud; in this case, Avodah Zarah, translated as Strange Worship. The theme, generally speaking, is Jewish relations with non-Jews.

Acknowledgments

ix

(4)

Introduction

xiii

Paradigm Shifts

xiii

(2)

How Idolaters Saw Idolatry

xv

(3)

Judaism's Answer to Idolatry

xviii

(2)

This Tractate's Structure

xx

(3)

How to Use What Is in this Tractate Today

xxiii

(1)

The Five Major Works of Rabbinic Literature

xxiv

(1)

These Five Works as "People"

xxv

(2)

Some Notes on Style and Translations

xxvii

1 Exploring the Heart of Judaism

1

(50)

The Heart of Idolatry

3

(4)

Torah: Receiving It and Its Reward

7

(12)

The Power of Repentance and Torah

19

(7)

Practical Advice on Living in a Non-Jewish World

26

(5)

Martyrdom and Torah

31

(11)

How to Study Torah

42

(9)

2 Where Are the Borders?

51

(24)

Where Do We Draw the Line?

53

(4)

Healing and the Idolatrous World

57

(6)

It Ain't Over till It's Over ... Then It's Over

63

(3)

Classification Systems of Jews

66

(5)

How to Prevent Intermarriages

71

(1)

Don't Make Laws People Won't Follow

72

(3)

3 Power Without and Within

75

(24)

The Biblical Basis

77

(2)

Making the Leap to Modern Times

79

(1)

Which Images Are Idols?

80

(1)

How Much of an Idol Is Idolatrous?

81

(7)

How Do You Take Idolatry Out of an Idol?

88

(3)

When Imitation Isn't Flattery: Rooting Out Idolatry, Not Idols

91

(4)

What Do You Do with a Feature of Nature That's Been Contaminated with Idolatry?

95

(4)

4 Finding Idolatry and Holiness Everywhere

99

(22)

Wine and Its Meaning in Idolatry and Judaism

101

(3)

How Much Idolatry, How Much Holiness, Is There in a Given Object?

104

(3)

The Secret of Idolatry

107

(3)

Why Doesn't God Make It Easy?

110

(6)

How Assimilated Were Jews in the Sages' Days?

116

(5)

5 How Responsible Are Jews for Idol Worship in Idolaters?

121

(16)

Idolatry, Money, and Living in the World

124

(2)

How Can a Non-Jew Be Connected to the Jewish Community?

126

(5)

How Wine Objectifies and Clarifies the Issue of Trust between Jews and Non-Jews

131

(4)

The Grand Summation: Purity, Sex, Faithfulness, and the Jewish Faith in the World

135

(2)

Halakhah

137

(2)

Glossary

139

(8)

Bibliography

147

(2)

For Further Reading

149

(2)

Index of Sources Cited

151

(4)

Index

155

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