What You Should Know about Jews and Judaism

Name: What You Should Know about Jews and Judaism
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ISBN: 9781557251893

ISBN-10: 1557251894

ISBN-13: 9781557251893

Edition: 1997 (Revised)

Authors: Yechiel Eckstein

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Paraclete Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Jews and Judaism
Foundations of Jewish Belief	p. 3
Torah	p. 3
The Oral Tradition	p. 12
Religious Authority	p. 18
Law	p. 26
Prophecy	p. 30
Covenant	p. 32
Mitzvah	p. 37
Jewish Paths to Sanctification	p. 43
The Jewish View of Humankind	p. 43
The Jewish View of the World	p. 49
The Sabbath: A Day of Sanctified Time	p. 62
Shabbat Significance	p. 62
Shabbat Observance	p. 64
Shabbat Laws	p. 67
Shabbat Theology	p. 69
Festivals of the Jewish Year	p. 75
The Pilgrim Holidays	p. 76
Pesach (Passover)	p. 76
Shavuot (Pentecost)	p. 88
Sukkot (Tabernacles)	p. 92
The High Holy Days	p. 99
Rosh Hashanah--New Year's Day	p. 99
Yom Kippur--Day of Atonement	p. 106
The Minor Holidays	p. 114
Purim	p. 114
Hanukkah	p. 120
Fast Days	p. 128
The Jewish Life Cycle	p. 132
Rites of Passage	p. 132
Birth	p. 132
Bar/Bat Mitzvah	p. 135
Marriage	p. 136
Divorce	p. 139
Death and Mourning	p. 141
The Service of the Heart	p. 148
Prayer	p. 148
The Synagogue	p. 153
Tefillin, Tzitzit, Mezuzah	p. 157
Kippah	p. 159
Kosher Dietary Rules	p. 159
Meat and Milk	p. 162
Meaning of Dietary Laws	p. 163
Facing the Challenges of the Holocaust	p. 169
Challenges to Christian and Jewish Faiths	p. 173
Intelligibility of Suffering	p. 175
Untermensch vs. "In the Image of God"	p. 183
Questioning Authority	p. 185
Martyrdom and Power	p. 188
Failure of a Universalist Ethos	p. 193
Duty to Support Israel	p. 196
Conclusion	p. 200
Israel: The Dawn of Redemption	p. 202
Jewish Bonds with the Land	p. 203
Modern Zionism	p. 209
The Rise of Jewish Denominations	p. 219
From Ghetto to Enlightenment	p. 219
Reform Judaism	p. 223
Orthodox Judaism	p. 229
Conservative Judaism	p. 232
Reconstructionism	p. 235
Hasidism	p. 236
Cultural and Institutional	p. 241
Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 245
Notes	p. 261
List of Resources	p. 265
About the Author	p. 267
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