Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Note From the Publisher. The Chair, the Incumbent, and the Donors 7
4. Introduction 9
5. Part I Viewing Judaism as a Whole
6. Chapter One. Is There an Indigenous Jewish Theology? 23
7. Chapter Two. Toward a Philosophy of Modern Orthodoxy 41
8. Chapter Three. Is Judaism an Optimistic Religion? 55
9. Chapter Four. The Meaning of Existentialism for Orthodoxy 69
10. Part II Torah in Depth
11. Chapter Five. The Biblical Stories of Creation, the Garden of Eden, and the Flood: History or Metaphor? 81
12. Chapter Six. Paradise Lost or Outgrown? 98
13. Chapter Seven. Multiplicity of Meaning as a Device in Biblical Narrative 118
14. Chapter Eight. Torat Hashem / Torat Moshe: Exploring their Respective Roles 133
15. Part III Reaching for the Heights
16. Chapter Nine Is God Truly Unknowable? 165
17. Chapter Ten. Love of God 182
18. Chapter Eleven. Selfhood and Godhood in Jewish Thought and Modern Philosophy 194
19. Chapter Twelve. Unity of God as Dynamic of Redemption 208
20. Part IV The Analytic in Action
21. Chapter Thirteen. Toward an Ethical Theory of Judaism 219
22. Chapter Fourteen. What is Self-theory, and Does Judaism Need One? 244
23. Chapter Fifteen. Judaism and the Aesthetic 275
24. Chapter Sixteen. Providential History and the Anthropic Principle 299
25. Chapter Seventeen. The Role of Reason in Jewish Religious Belief 316
26. Part V History Come to Life
27. Chapter Eighteen. The Religious Meaning of the State of Israel 337
28. Chapter Nineteen. Religious Zionism: What is It? 357
29. Chapter Twenty. Does Messianism Imply Inevitability? 368
30. Acknowledgements 385
31. Index 386