The Transformation of a Skeptic

by Orenstein, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780765761002
• ISBN10: 0765761009
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson Inc

Summary

In this testimony to successful Jewish outreach, we read the dialogue between a charismatic rabbi and a skeptic Jew opposed to organized religion. As a result of the long one-on-one sessions, the skeptic has a transforming experience.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(8)
The Jewish Understanding of God	9	(14)
Adventures in Rabbinic Reasoning	23	(16)
Faith and the Pursuit of Scholarship	39	(16)
The Role of Ethics in Jewish Thinking	55	(18)
Some Considerations in Medical Ethics	73	(18)
The Meaning and Significance of the Chosenness of Israel	91	(18)
The Attitude of Jewish Law toward Gentiles	109	(18)
Friendship, Sexual Ethics, and Marriage	127	(22)
Parents toward Children and Children toward Parents	149	(20)
The Jewish Approach to Prayer	169	(18)
The Jewish Holidays and Festivals as Recollections and Commemorations	187	(32)
Symbols and Ceremonies in the Cycle of Jewish Life	219	(20)
The Theodicy: Where Was God?	239	(12)
Postscript	251	(4)
Notes	255