CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE viii
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. Section I EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE
6. 1 LARGE QUESTIONS, ANCIENT TEXTS 3
7. 2 TORAH AND WISDOM 19
8. Section II A PHILOSOPHER OF JUDAISM FOR JEWISH EDUCATION
9. 3 THE ROAD TO THE PALACE 33
10. 4 RAMSEY MEETS THE RAMBAM 50
11. 5 LEARNING, TRUTH, AND IRONY 66
12. Section III THE FEAR OF HEAVEN: GOD’S TREASURE
13. 6 A GLOOMY TALE OF TH E HUMAN SOUL 91
14. 7 FIVE EDUCATORS EXPLORE YIRAT SHAMAYIM 108
15. 8 LOOK AT IT THIS WAY: A MIDRASH ON YIRAT SHAMAYIM 130
16. Section IV JEWISH VALUES: THE EVIL INCLINATION AND BEYOND
17. 9 WHY ANGELS NEED NO TORAH 147
18. 10 PURSUING PEACE AND LOVING TRUTH 164
19. Section V: BECOMING AN INSIDER: INITIATION AND COMMITMENT
20. 11 HILLEL CONVERTS THREE STRANGERS 189
21. 12 A THEORY FOR A SAGE 205
22. Section VI THE JEWISH EDUCATOR AND JEWISH SOURCES
23. 13 A LEXICON FOR JEWISH EDUCATION 223
24. 14 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 245
25. 15 REALMS OF J EWISH LEARNING 258
26. POSTSCRIPT 277
27. GLOSSARY 279
28. SUBJECT INDEX 283
29. NAME INDEX 287