An understanding of Judaism
This is the first of two volumes of edited sermons spanning the greater part of the second half of the twentieth century, and the first major collection of sermons from a Liberal Jewish point ofview produced in Britain since Claude G. Montefiore's Truth in Religion of 1906.
Sermons
vi, 272 pages.
9781571819727, 9781571819710, 157181972X, 1571819711
1000547587
List of Abbreviations Glossary Foreword Preface PART I: AN UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE Chapter 1. The Myth of the Garden Chapter 2. Cain and Abel Chapter 3. Never Again? Chapter 4. The Tower of Babel Chapter 5. Abraham and Sodom Chapter 6. Ishmael my Brother Chapter 7. The Birthright of a Jew Chapter 8. Israel and Edom Chapter 9. Jacob's Ladder Chapter 10. Esau's Kiss Chapter 11. Life and the Use We Make of it Chapter 12. The Ten Plagues Chapter 13. The Spirit of Nachshon Chapter 14. Miriam and Deborah Chapter 15. The Jews had Light Chapter 16. Sacrifices Chapter 17. Loving the Stranger Chapter 18. The Numbers Game Chapter 19. Eldad and Medad Chapter 20. The Cushite Woman Chapter 21. The Spirit that Affirms Chapter 22. Controversies and Controversies Chapter 23. The Mortality of Moses Chapter 24. Jews and Non-Jews Chapter 25. Signposts of Repentance Chapter 26. The Stranger Who Lives Among You Chapter 27. Good God? Chapter 28. Sword or Book PART II: SEASONS OF THE JEWISH YEAR Chapter 29. Season of Freedom Chapter 30. Season of Revelation Chapter 31. Season of Sorrow Chapter 32. Season of Repentance Chapter 33. Season of Atonement Chapter 34. Season of Gladness Chapter 35. Season of Dedication Chapter 36. Season of Levity