PREFACE |
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INTRODUCTION |
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THE MEANING OF THEOLOGY |
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II. |
WHAT IS JUDAISM? |
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III. |
THE ESSENCE OF THE RELIGION OF JUDAISM |
15 |
IV. |
THE JEWISH ARTICLES OF FAITH |
19 |
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PART I: GOD |
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A. |
GOD AS HE MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO MAN |
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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 |
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B. THE IDEA OF GOD IN
JUDAISM |
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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 |
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C. GOD IN RELATION TO THE WORLD |
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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 |
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PART II: MAN |
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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 |
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PAGE PART III: ISRAEL AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD |
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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 |
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS |
493 |
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INDEX |
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