Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of God 9780773567542
The Theology of the Oral Torah demonstrates the cogency and inner rationality of the classical statement of Judaism in t
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Bibliography
PROLOGUE
1 Imagining Eden and Re-presenting the Result
PART I: SOURCES OF WORLD ORDER
2 The Moral Order: Reward and Punishment
3 The Political Order: Israel and the Torah
4 The Political Order: The Gentiles and Idolatry
5 Ordering the Ultimate Anomaly: Private Lives
PART II: PERFECTING WORLD ORDER
6 World beyond Time
7 World without Change
8 Complementarity
9 Correspondence
PART III: SOURCES OF WORLD DISORDER
10 Intentionality
11 Sin
PART IV: RESTORING WORLD ORDER
12 Repentance and Atonement
13 Restoring Private Lives: Resurrection
14 Restoring the Public Order: The World to Come
EPILOGUE
15 Before and After
Index of Subjects
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
L
M
P
R
S
T
U
W
Index of References to Ancient Texts
