Judaism and the Gentile Faiths: Comparative Studies in Religion
Examines the historic development of Jewish religions thought in the cross-cultural context of the world's major faiths. The law, ethics, and mysticism of Judaism are compared with their counterparts in Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and the secular formulations of religion in modern times.
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Contents
The Way In the Confucian and Rabbinic Traditions
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35 |
THE JEWISH DIASPORA IN CHINA
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36 |
THE NATURE OF GOD AND THE ROLE OF HEAVEN
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38 |
PREDESTINATION
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39 |
THE IMPULSE TO MAGIC
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40 |
GOD AND SOCIETY
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42 |
LI AND TORAH
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43 |
RABBINIC AND CONFUCIAN ETHICS
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46 |
PROPHETIC AND APOCALYPTIC VIEWS OF THE MILLENNIUM
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CHARACTERISTICS OF JEWISH MILLENARISM
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THE IMAGE OF THE MESSIAH IN CHRISTIANITY
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CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRISTIAN MILLENARISM
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MILLENARISM AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT
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MILLENARISM AND THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT
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EVOLUTIONARY MILLERNARISM THE LURIANIC KABBALAH AND JONATHAN EDWARDS
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REVOLUTIONARY MILLENARISM SABBATIANISM AND CHRISTIAN SECTARIANISM
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225 |
THE CONFUCIAN DOCTRINE OF RECIPROCITY
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DIVINE RETRIBUTION IN CONFUCIANISM
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THE RABBINIC DOCTRINE OF RECIPROCITY
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DIVINE RETRIBUTION IN JUDAISM
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NO CONFUCIAN BOOK OF JOB
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RABBINIC AND CONFUCIAN PEDAGOGY
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DISCIPLESHIP IN CONFUCIANISM
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CONFUCIANISM FOR THE MASSES
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THE RABBINIC CURRICULUM
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RABBINIC DISCIPLESHIP
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THE RABBIS AND THE FOLK
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STUDY AND LABOR
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NOTES
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The Concept of Illusion in Vedanta and Kabbalah
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THE MYSTIC WAY
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CONTRASTING DEVELOPMENT OF JUDAISM AND HINDUISM
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THE HUMANDIVINE ENCOUNTER IN THE UPANISHADS
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GOD AND MAN IN THE GITA
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THE VEDANTA SCHOOL OF SANKARA
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SANKARA AND MAIMONIDES
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THE VEDANTA SCHOOL OF RAMANUJA
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RAMANUJA AND HALEVI
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EMANCIPATION ACCORDING TO SANKARA AND RAMANUJA
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YOGA ACCORDING TO THE G1TA
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RAMANUJA
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THE LURIANIC DOCTRINE OF TZIMTZUM
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TZIMTZUM AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
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TZIMTZUM ACCORDING TO HABAD HASIDISM
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THE HABAD AND VEDANTA CONCEPT OF ILLUSION
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THE DIVINE IN MANCONTRASTING VIEWS
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MEDITATION IN THE GITA AND ACCORDING TO HABAD
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NOTES
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Death and Rebirth in the Buddhist and Jewish Traditions
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THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF DEATH AND AFTERLIFE
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THE RABBINIC VIEW OF DEATH AND AFTERLIFE
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KARMA AND REINCARNATION IN HINDU THOUGHT
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KARMA AND REINCARNATION IN BUDDHISM
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BUDDHIST HEAVENS AND HELLS
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KARMA RECIPROCITY AND MERIT IN BUDDHISM AND JUDAISM
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THE EIGHTFOLD PATH
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THE WAY OF THE UPRIGHT
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BUDDHIST AND JEWISH MEDITATION
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BUDDHIST AND JEWISH PARALLELS
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REINCARNATION IN JEWISH MYSTICISM
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THE JEWISH DEBATE OVER GILGUL
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MEANING IN SUFFERING
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NOTES
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Religion and Politics in Classical Judaism and Islam
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THE COMMON ORIGINS OF JUDAISM AND ISLAM
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THE BACKGROUND OF PRIMITIVE DEMOCRACY
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PRIMITIVE DEMOCRACY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
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PRIMITIVE DEMOCRACY IN PREISLAMIC ARABIA AND IN EARLY ISLAM
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KINGSHIP IN ISRAELTHE FIRST COMMONWEALTH
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KINGSHIP IN ISRAELTHE SECOND COMMONWEALTH
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THE PHARISAIC AND SADDUCEAN VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT
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THE NEXUS BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE VIEWS OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES
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RABBINIC VIEWS OF THE POLITICAL OFFICE
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THE CALIPHATE IN ISLAM
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THE NEXUS BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE VIEWS OF THE SECRETARIES AND ULEMA
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ISLAMIC VIEWS OF POLITICAL OFFICE
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IMPACT ON THE SHARIA OF THE ULEMA IN GOVERNMENT
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REVOLT AGAINST AUTHORITY IN JUDAISM
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REVOLT AGAINST AUTHORITY IN ISLAM
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THE HOLY WAR IN JUDAISM
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THE JIHAD IN ISLAM
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JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS VIEW THE STATE
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MUSLIM PHILOSOPHERS VIEW THE STATE
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NOTES
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Judaism and Christianity
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Roads to the Millennium
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SHABBETAI ZEVI AND SABBATIANISM
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THE JEWISH REACTION TO SHABBETAI ZEVI
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CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE ON SABBATIANISM
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RADICAL CHRISTIAN SECTARIANISM
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THE ANABAPTIST UPRISING
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RELIGIOUS AND SECULARIST MILLENARISM
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NOTES
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Religious Revival and Inner A wakening
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GERMAN PIETISM
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ENGLISH METHODISM
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AMERICAN REVIVALISM THE GREAT AWAKENING
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255 |
RUSSIAN SECTARIANISM
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JEWISH HASIDISM
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INTERCULTURAL INFLUENCES
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NOTES
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Puritans and Mitnagdim
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THE GAONS CONTRIBUTION TO JEWISH LEARNING
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HILUKIM
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THE PURITAN VIEW OF INTELLECT AND EMOTION
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REASON AND EMOTION IN THE GAONS LIFE
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THE PURITAN ETHIC
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JEWISH ECHOES OF THE PURITAN ETHIC
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THE GAONS VIEWS OF MONEY AND SEX
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THE THESIS OF MAX WEBER
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294 |
THE PURITAN VIEW OF POLITICS AND SOCIETY
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POLITICS AND SOCIETY FROM THE VANTAGE OF THE MITNAGDIM
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NOTES
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The Religious Psychology of Jonathan Edwards and the Hasidic Masters of Habad
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INTELLECT VERSUS EMOTION
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JONATHAN EDWARDS AND SCHNEOR ZALMAN
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THE TWIN POLES OF THE MIND
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MIND AND BODY
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THE SAINT AND THE AVERAGE MAN
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AVERAGE MAN
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EDWARDSS VIEW OF AUTHENTIC AND INAUTHENTIC RELIGION
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THE HABAD VIEW OF AUTHENTIC AND INAUTHENTIC RELIGION
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RETICENCE ON THE HUMANDIVINE ENCOUNTER
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NOTES
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Judaism and the Secular Challenge
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Rabbinic Ethics and Situation Ethics
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LAW AND LOVE IN SITUATION ETHICS
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THE LIMITS OF PRAGMATISM
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332 |
MORALS OF THE LAST DAYS
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335 |
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS AND DIALYSIS MACHINES
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336 |
A SITUATIONIST RESPONSUM
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337 |
THE NATURE OF CONSCIENCE
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339 |
THE RELATION OF MEANS AND ENDS
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EUTHANASIA AND ANTIDYSTHANASIA
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TRIAGE AND THE ENERGYFOOD CRISIS
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345 |
THE SECULAR CHALLENGE
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The Noahite Commandments The Religious Basis for World Law
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350 |
NATURAL LAW IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY
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THE ROMAN COMPONENT OF NATURAL LAW
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352 |
BIBLICAL ADUMBRATIONS OF THE NOAHITE LAWS
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354 |
THE COMMANDMENTS OF NOAH IN PHILO AND THE APOCRYPHA
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355 |
THE NOAHITE LAWS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
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356 |
THE NOAHITE LAWS AND THE CONVERT TO JUDAISM
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RABBINIC AMBIVALENCE TOWARD THE NOAHITE
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NOAHITES MUST BELIEVE IN REVELATION
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THE ROAD OF REASON FOR THE GENTILES
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THE DEBATE BETWEEN GROTIUS AND SELDEN
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NOTES
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A Final Word
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REVELATION
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REDEMPTION
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NOTES
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Bibliography
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Common terms and phrases
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