Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Looking for the Figure in the Carpet
Part 1. American Originals
2. The World through Ben’s Bifocals
3. The Gospel according to the Apostle Ben
4. Jefferson’s “Summary View” Reviewed, Yet Again
5. Lincoln: The Statesman as Outsider
Part 2. Stories to Live By
6. Of Human Ends in Bacon’s Essayes
7. Gibbon’s “Jewish Problem”
8. Tocqueville’s Burke, or Story as History
Part 3. In Aid of Lost Souls
9. A Thread through Halevi’s Maze
10. On First Looking into Maimonides’ Guide
Afterword
Index