Basic Judaism

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1947 - 172 páginas
Rabbi Milton Steinberg's Basic Judaism is "one of the best presentations of essential Judaism" (Christian Century).Concise and elegant, this is a book about the faith, ideals, and practices that form the historic Jewish faith. Including both the modernist and the traditionalist view in his exploration, Rabbi Steinberg discusses the Torah, what Judaism says about God and the relationship between man and God, the nature of good and evil in a moral society, and what exists in the Kingdom of God. He also talks about the laws that define Judaism, the practices and rituals that sustain it, and the synagogue and the rabbinate that support it.For all students of Judaism--be they practicing Jews, uncommitted Jews, or curious non-Jews, Rabbi Steinberg offers a brilliant chance to understand what the Jewish faith is, why it has elicited such intense devotion, and why it remains such a mighty force in the lives of its believers and, beyond them, the world.
 

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PRELIMINARIES
3
THE GOOD LIFE
7
TRADITIONALISTS AND MODERNISTS
9
TORAH
18
TORAHMODERNIST VIEW
27
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
36
WHAT JUDAISM SAYS ABOUT GOD
42
ENVISAGEMENTS
49
LAND AND LANGUAGE
96
NONJEWS
98
OTHER RELIGIONS
102
JUDAISM ON JESUS
105
JUDAISM ON CHRISTIANITY III
111
THE PARTICULAR AND THE UNIVERSAL
114
PRACTICES 1 THE BRIDGE OF PRAYER
116
WORSHIP
117

BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
57
THE GOODNESS OF LIFE
59
THE NATURE OF THE GOOD
61
BETWEEN MAN AND GOD
63
THE DUTIES OF THE HEART
65
GRANDEUR AND LOWLINESS
70
BODY AND SOUL
71
BETWEEN MAN AND HIS FELLOW
75
MORALITY FOR SOCIETY
79
MAN THE CITIZEN
82
THE SHADOW OF SIN
85
ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS 1 ISRAEL TRADITIONALIST CONCEPTIONS
91
ISRAEL MODERNIST REINTERPRETATION
94
PRECONDITIONS FOR PRAYER
118
THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER
120
THE DAILY REGIMEN
122
THESE YE MAY EAT 99
125
THE SACRED ROUND
129
THE LIFE CYCLE
132
WHYS AND WHEREFORE
135
MODERNIST VARIATIONS ON THE RITUAL THEME
139
LAW IN JUDAISM
143
INSTITUTIONS
150
WORLDTOCOME
159
MESSIAH
167
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Rabbi Milton Steinberg graduated from the City College of New York and was awarded a master's degree in philosophy by Columbia University. The recipient of an honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, he was Rabbi of the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York until his death.

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