Aleinu—A Prayer Common to Jews and Gentile God-Fearers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Israel and the Call of Love to Humanity xi
5. The Election and Sanctity of Israel in the Hebrew Bible 1
6. A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation 13
7. Israel as Blessing: Theological Horizons 50
8. Jewish Chosenness—A Contemporary Approach 71
9. Aleinu—A Prayer Common to Jews and Gentile God-Fearers 83
10. Two Dimensions of Jewish Identity 98
11. Images of the Non-Jew in the Kedushat Levi: A Textual and Theological Exploration 112
12. Israel’s Election and the Suffering of the Holocaust 129
13. Israel’s Election and the Moral Dilemma of Amalek and the Seven Nations of Canaan 143
14. From Enmity to Unity—Recovering the Ba’al Shem Tov’s Teachings on Non-Jews 174
15. Conclusion: Judaism’s Challenge—Being Israel in Changing Circumstances 189
16. Notes on Contributors 201
17. Index 204