TY - BOOK AU - Wyschogrod,Michael,1928-- TI - The body of faith: God in the people Israel SN - 0060697067 AV - BM 601 .W97 PY - 1989/// CY - San Francisco PB - Harper & Row KW - Judaism KW - Essence, genius, nature KW - Jews KW - Election, Doctrine of KW - History of doctrines KW - God (Judaism) KW - Jewish ethics N1 - 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 ER -