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Contemporary Jewish Theology: A Reader » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Contemporary Jewish Theology: A Reader by Elliot N. Dorff

Authors: Elliot N. Dorff (Editor), Louis E. Newman
ISBN-13: 9780195114676, ISBN-10: 0195114671
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: October 1998
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Elliot N. Dorff

University of Judaism

Carleton College

Book Synopsis

This book provides the most comprehensive collection to date of twentieth-century Jewish writings. This carefully constructed anthology highlights the enormous range of theological viewpoints and methods that have characterized Jewish theological reflection in modern times. Including representative selections from both pre- and post-World War II thinkers, with emphasis on writings of the last four decades, the volume offers essays on God, creation, revelation, redemption, covenant/chosenness, law, the Holocaust and the modern State of Israel. This is an exceptional one-volume introduction to contemporary Jewish thought.

First Things

An extremely useful collection of twentieth-century Jewish theological writings.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
I	Introduction	1
1	An Incessantly Gushing Fountain: The Nature of Jewish Theology	7
II	Classical Theologians in the Twentieth Century: Approaches to God	23
2	Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism	39
3	The Star of Redemption	50
4	I and Thou	60
5	A Thirst for the Living God and The Pangs of Cleansing	65
6	God as the Power that Makes for Salvation	72
7	God in Search of Man	81
III	Contemporary Reflections on Traditional Themes	95
8	Belief in a Personal God: The Position of Liberal Supernaturalism	98
9	In Search of God	112
10	From God to Godliness: Proposal for a Predicate Theology	122
11	Toward a Feminist Jewish Reconstruction of Monotheism and Further Thoughts on Liturgy as an Expression of Theology	131
12	Jewish Feminist Theology	141
13	The Wings of the Dove: Jewish Values, Science, and Halachah	148
14	Seek My Face, Speak My Name	156
15	Revelation in the Jewish Tradition	164
16	Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew	179
17	The Natural and the Supernatural Jew	190
18	On Jewish Eschatology	199
19	Renewing the Covenant	221
20	The Election of Israel	231
21	The Body of Faith	246
22	Standing Again at Sinai	255
23	A Jewish Theology of Jewish Relations to Other Peoples	263
24	Halakhic Man	278
25	Some Criteria for Modern Jewish Observance	292
26	Dynamics of Judaism	299
27	Engendering Judaism	319
IV	Two Pivotal Experiences in the Twentieth Century	345
28	Faith after the Holocaust	355
29	After Auschwitz	374
30	The Jewish Return into History and To Mend the World	385
31	Cloud of Smoke Pillar of Fire: Judaism, Christianity, and Modernity after the Holocaust	396
32	Exile as a Neurotic Solution	417
33	The Third Jewish Commonwealth	434
34	The Religious and Moral Significance of the Redemption of Israel	453
35	Beyond Innocence and Redemption	465
V	Looking Toward the Future of Jewish Thought: A Symposium	485
36	New Directions in Jewish Theology in America	486
37	Another Perspective on Theological Directions for the Jewish Future	494
38	The Nature and Direction of Modern Jewish Theology: Some Thoughts Occasioned by Arthur Green	498
39	B'nei Ezra: An Introduction to Textual Reasoning	502
	Suggestions for Further Reading	512
	Biographical Sketches	515

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