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Book SynopsisThis book recapitulates chapters in The Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of God (1999) and The Theology of the Halakhah (2001) to convey, as a single continuous narrative, the tale that the Halakhah and the Aggadah as theological constructions jointly tell.
Table of ContentsPreface Part One: The Theology of the Aggadah 1. Monotheism i. The Theology of Monotheism ii. Imagining Eden and Re-presenting the Result iii. The Moral Order: Reward and Punishment 2. Israel and the Nations i. Legitimate Violence ii. Who is Israel? 3. Intentionality Part Two: The Theology of the Halakhah 4. Eden i. What, Where and When Is Eden? ii. Shebi‘it iii. ’ Orlah iv. Kilayim v. Shabbat-Erubin vi. Who Owns Eden? vii. Ma‘aserot viii. Terumot ix. Hallah x. Ma’aser Sheni xi. Bikkurim xii. Pe’ah xiii. Dema‘i 5. Intentionality and the Civil Order i. Legitimate Violence: Who Does What to Whom ii. Keritot iii. Sanhedrin-Makkot iv. Baba Qamma-Baba Mesi’a-Baba Batra vi The Rabbinic System v. Horayot vi. Shebuot 6. The Enemies of Eden, Tangible and Invisible i. Death and life, Uncleanness and Sanctification: [1] The Sources of Uncleanness ii. Tangible Enemies: Abodah Zarah iii. Invisible Enemies: Death. Ohalot iv. Negaim v. Zabim and Niddah vi. The Contest between Death and Life vii. Makhshirin viii. Tohorot ix. Uqsin x. Kelim xi. Overcoming Death I. Rites of Purification xii. Parah xiii. Miqvaot xiv. Tebul Yom xv. Yadayim xvi. Where the Contest is Resolved: Home and Temple in Hierarchical Formation: Hagigah xvii.Cause and Effect: Where and Why Man’s Will Matters Epilogue: 7. The Halakhah Theology Seen Whole. Actualizing The Torah’s Story
