Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction | p. xi |
Why Tradition? | |
The Role of Philosophy | |
Philosophy and the Possibility of Revelation: A Theological Response to the Challenge of Leo Strauss (1996) | p. 3 |
The Dialectic between Theory and Practice in Rabbinic Thought (2004) | p. 21 |
Revelation, Covenant, and Law: The Phenomena of Tradition | |
Heschel on Revelation (1999) | p. 37 |
Creation and Election (1995) | p. 46 |
The Life of the Covenant (1995) | p. 66 |
The Role of Dogma in Judaism (1988) | p. 73 |
Is There a Concept of Individual Rights in Jewish Law? (1994) | p. 88 |
The Precondition for the Phenomena: Noahide Law as Natural Law | |
Noahide Law: A Foundation for Jewish Philosophy (1979) | p. 113 |
Persons in the Image of God (1998) | p. 145 |
Natural Law, Universalism, and Multiculturalism (1998) | p. 154 |
Tradition in the Public Square | |
Judaism and Multicultural Politics | |
Law: Religious or Secular? (2000) | p. 163 |
What Is Jewish about Jews and Judaism in America? (1993) | p. 187 |
The Right and the Good (2002) | p. 202 |
Is Natural Law a Border Concept between Judaism and Christianity? (2004) | p. 213 |
The Treatment of Islam and Muslims in the Legal Writings of Maimonides (1986) | p. 231 |
Case Studies: Judiasm and Social Ethics | |
A Jewish View of War (1974) | p. 253 |
A Jewish View of Abortion (1974) | p. 266 |
A Halakhic View of Responsibility (1982) | p. 279 |
Religious Communities, Secular Societies, and Sexuality: One Jewish Opinion (1998) | p. 283 |
Jewish Marriage and Civil Law: A Two-Way Street? (2000) | p. 304 |
Can Capital Punishment Ever Be Justified in the Jewish Tradition? (2004) | p. 328 |
A Jewish Argument for Socialized Medicine (2003) | p. 345 |
Index of Subjects and Names | p. 360 |
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient References | p. 370 |
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