JEWISH THEOLOGY SYSTEMATICALLY AND HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED

BY
DR. K. KOEHER
PRESIDENT
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
 

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1918


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CONTENTS



 

PREFACE vii
INTRODUCTION

 

 
I. THE MEANING OF THEOLOGY 1
II. WHAT IS JUDAISM? 7
III. THE ESSENCE OF THE RELIGION OF JUDAISM 15
IV. THE JEWISH ARTICLES OF FAITH 19
     
PART I: GOD  
     
A. GOD AS HE MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO MAN  
     
V. MAN'S CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD AND BELIEF IN GOD 29
VI. REVELATION, PROPHECY, AND INSPIRATION 34
VII. THE TORAH, THE DIVINE INSTRUCTION 42
VIII. GOD'S COVENANT 48
     
B. THE IDEA OF GOD IN JUDAISM  
     
IX. GOD AND THE GODS 52
X. THE NAMES OF GOD 58
XI. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 64
XII. THE ESSENCE OF GOD 72
XIII. THE ONE AND ONLY GOD 82
XIV. GOD'S OMNIPOTENCE AND OMNISCIENCE 91
XV. GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE AND ETERNITY 96
XVI. GOD'S HOLINESS 101
XVII. GOD'S WRATH AND PUNISHMENT 107
XVIII. GOD'S LONG-SUFFERING AND MERCY 112
XIX. GOD'S JUSTICE 118
XX. GOD'S LOVE AND COMPASSION 126
XXI. GOD'S TRUTH AND FAITHFULNESS 134
XXII. GOD'S KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM 138
XXIII. GOD'S CONDESCENSION 142
     

C. GOD IN RELATION TO THE WORLD

 
     
XXIV. THE WORLD AND ITS MASTER 146
XXV. CREATION AS THE ACT OF GOD 152
XXVI. THE MAINTENANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE
WORLD
156
XXVII. MIRACLES AND THE COSMIC ORDER 160
XXVIII. PROVIDENCE AND THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD 167
XXIX. GOD AND THE EXISTENCE OF EVIL 176
XXX. GOD AND THE ANGELS 180
XXXI. SATAN AND THE SPIRITS OF EVIL 189
XXXII. GOD AND THE INTERMEDIARY POWERS 197
     
PART II: MAN  
     
XXXIII. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION 206
XXXIV. THE DUAL NATURE OF MAN 212
XXXV. THE ORIGIN AND DESTINY OF MAN 218
XXXVI. GOD'S SPIRIT IN MAN 226
XXXVII. FREE WILL AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY 231
XXXVIII. THE MEANING OF SIN 238
XXXIX. REPENTANCE, OR THE RETURN TO GOD 246
XL. MAN, THE CHILD OF GOD 256
XLI. PRAYER AND SACRIFICE 261
XLII. THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PRAYER 271
XLIII. DEATH AND THE FUTURE LIFE 278
XLIV. THE IMMORTAL SOUL OF MAN 286
XLV. DIVINE RETRIBUTION: REWARD AND PUNISHMENT 298
XLVI. THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE RACE 310
XLVII. THE MORAL ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION 316
     
 

PAGE PART III: ISRAEL AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

 
     
XLVIII. THE ELECTION OF ISRAEL 323
XLIX. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE MISSION OF ISRAEL 331
L. THE PRIEST-PEOPLE AND ITS LAW OF HOLINESS 342
LI. ISRAEL, THE PEOPLE OF THE LAW, AND ITS WORLD MISSION 354
LII. ISRAEL, THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, MARTYR AND MESSIAH OF THE NATIONS 367
LIII. THE MESSIANIC HOPE 378
LIV. RESURRECTION, A NATIONAL HOPE 392
LV. ISRAEL AND THE HEATHEN NATIONS 397
LVI. THE STRANGER AND THE PROSELYTE 408
LVII. CHRISTIANITY AND MOHAMMEDANISM THE DAUGHTER RELIGIONS
OF JUDAISM
426
LVIII. THE SYNAGOGUE AND ITS INSTITUTIONS 447
LIX. THE ETHICS OF JUDAISM AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD 477
     
  LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 493
     
  INDEX 497