The body of faith : God in the people Israel /

Wyschogrod, Michael, 1928--

The body of faith : God in the people Israel / Michael Wyschogrod. - 1st Harper & Row pbk. ed. - San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1989. - xviii, 265 p.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: Chapter 1. A partial knowledge: Light and knowledge-- Biblical reason-- A dark reason-- The indwelling of God-- Failure-- Sacrifices-- Israel as sacrifice-- Permitted knowledge-- Postbiblical options Chapter 2. A chosen nation: Jewsih philosophy-- Marrano philosophers-- Jewish and Christian philosophy-- Love and election-- National election-- Two traditions-- Reformation thought and Judaism Chapter 3. The personality of God: God as person-- God as thou-- Personhood and emanation-- The body-- Some traits of God-- Psychological dynamics-- God and man-- A partner in the human encounter-- Love Chapter 4. Created being: Being and existence-- Nonbeing and the One-- Heidegger and the A Priori-- God and being-- Ontology and human being-- The Lord of being-- Deontology-- God beyond being-- Created being-- Demythologization Chapter 5. Ethics and Jewish existence: Jewish thought-- Jewish thought and the Jewish people-- A Carnal election-- Historicity-- Biblical and Rabbinic ethics-- The ethical secedes-- Jewish disobedience-- The law-- Insecurity-- The centrality of the ethical-- A nonautonomous ethic-- The ethical and law-- Self-alienation in law-- God and law-- What is the law-- The particular situation-- The law and the silence of God-- God, Torah, and Israel-- The ethical and the universal-- The ethical and history-- Ethics, cult and land Chapter 6. The unrealized: Expecting the unexpected-- Process philosophy-- The present-- Renewal-- History-- History and law-- The Jewish people-- Israel-- Art-- Family-- Messianic Judaism

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Judaism--Essence, genius, nature
Jews--Election, Doctrine of--History of doctrines
God (Judaism)
Jewish ethics

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