The Talmud for Beginners Living in a Non-Jewish World,9780765799678

The Talmud for Beginners Living in a Non-Jewish World

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ISBN13: 9780765799678
ISBN10: 0765799677
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-11-01
Publisher(s): Jason Aronson, Inc.
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Summary

As with the first two volumes in this series, The Talmud for Beginners, Volume 3: Living in a Non-Jewish World, introduces the beginner to an important book of the Talmud; in this case, Avodah Zarah, translated as Strange Worship. The theme, generally speaking, is Jewish relations with non-Jews.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix(4)
Introduction xiii
Paradigm Shifts xiii(2)
How Idolaters Saw Idolatry xv(3)
Judaism's Answer to Idolatry xviii(2)
This Tractate's Structure xx(3)
How to Use What Is in this Tractate Today xxiii(1)
The Five Major Works of Rabbinic Literature xxiv(1)
These Five Works as "People" xxv(2)
Some Notes on Style and Translations xxvii
1 Exploring the Heart of Judaism
1(50)
The Heart of Idolatry
3(4)
Torah: Receiving It and Its Reward
7(12)
The Power of Repentance and Torah
19(7)
Practical Advice on Living in a Non-Jewish World
26(5)
Martyrdom and Torah
31(11)
How to Study Torah
42(9)
2 Where Are the Borders?
51(24)
Where Do We Draw the Line?
53(4)
Healing and the Idolatrous World
57(6)
It Ain't Over till It's Over ... Then It's Over
63(3)
Classification Systems of Jews
66(5)
How to Prevent Intermarriages
71(1)
Don't Make Laws People Won't Follow
72(3)
3 Power Without and Within
75(24)
The Biblical Basis
77(2)
Making the Leap to Modern Times
79(1)
Which Images Are Idols?
80(1)
How Much of an Idol Is Idolatrous?
81(7)
How Do You Take Idolatry Out of an Idol?
88(3)
When Imitation Isn't Flattery: Rooting Out Idolatry, Not Idols
91(4)
What Do You Do with a Feature of Nature That's Been Contaminated with Idolatry?
95(4)
4 Finding Idolatry and Holiness Everywhere
99(22)
Wine and Its Meaning in Idolatry and Judaism
101(3)
How Much Idolatry, How Much Holiness, Is There in a Given Object?
104(3)
The Secret of Idolatry
107(3)
Why Doesn't God Make It Easy?
110(6)
How Assimilated Were Jews in the Sages' Days?
116(5)
5 How Responsible Are Jews for Idol Worship in Idolaters?
121(16)
Idolatry, Money, and Living in the World
124(2)
How Can a Non-Jew Be Connected to the Jewish Community?
126(5)
How Wine Objectifies and Clarifies the Issue of Trust between Jews and Non-Jews
131(4)
The Grand Summation: Purity, Sex, Faithfulness, and the Jewish Faith in the World
135(2)
Halakhah 137(2)
Glossary 139(8)
Bibliography 147(2)
For Further Reading 149(2)
Index of Sources Cited 151(4)
Index 155

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