Table of Contents
A Word About Your Student Reader
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
1. What is Jewish Learning?
2. Yetziat Mitzrayim (The Exodus from Egypt)
3. Creation
4. Humankind: Male and Female
5. God
6. Not in Heaven: What are Jewish Texts?
7. Mitzvot: What are they?
Appendix: 613 Mitzvot
8. Mishkan / Mikdash (The Sanctuary)
9. From Service of the Heart to Synagogue Services
10. Is the Torah the Revealed Word of God? Part I
11. Is the Torah the Revealed Word of God? Part II
12. Theology in Practice: Driving on Shabbat
13. Purposes of Kosher Observance
14. Miracles
15. Prophecy
16. Eretz Yisrael (The Land of Israel)
17. What does it mean to be the "Chosen People"?
18. Gender in Judaism
19. Intermarriage
20. Hashgachah (Divine Providence)
21. Free Will and Sin
22. Why Do People Suffer?
23. What Happens After We Die?
24. Mitzvot: Meaning and Purpose
25. Churban (Destruction) and Galut (Exile)
26. Yemot HaMashiach (The Messianic Era)
27. Seeking Understanding after the Holocaust
28. The Israel-Diaspora Relationship
29. The Purposes of Judaism
30. What Have We Learned?
Student Handbook and Supplemental Materials
The Library of Jewish Textual Heritage
Timelines - Ancient, Medieval, Modern Periods
Reference Materials
Glossary of Key Terms and Key Names
Major Milestones of Jewish Literary History
Guide to Classical Jewish Texts
Style and Transliteration Guide