The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Table of Dates
I	Defining Judaism, the Religion	1
1	Defining a Religion	3
2	Defining Judaism, The Religion: Sorting Out the Religious from the Ethnic	7
3	The Ecology of Judaism	15
4	The History of Judaism: Brief Definitions	21
5	The Four Periods in the History of Judaism	26
6	Defining Judaism: Why Don't the Jews Believe in Christ?	36
II	Classical Judaism	47
	The Oral Part of the Torah
7	The Mishnah	49
8	The Mishnah and the Talmud	57
9	The Midrash	64
	Three Important Doctrines
10	Women in Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah	74
11	The Doctrine of "Israel" in Rabbinic Judaism	88
12	The Messiah: The Evidence of the Talmud	99
	The Torah's Worldview
13	Discerning a Religious Worldview through the Prayers People Say	109
14	"Hear, O Israel": The Unity of God	113
15	Coming Together: The Sanctity of the Family	118
16	Going Forth: Israel, The Holy People and God's First Love	121
17	The Holy Land and Jerusalem in the Age to Come - And in Our Own Times	124
	The Torah's Way of Life
18	Life Under the Law of the Torah	131
19	Hear Our Prayer, Grant Us Peace	134
20	Sabbaths for Best, Festivals for Rejoicing	139
21	Rites of Passage: Birth, Maturity, Death	145
22	At the Center of the Holy Way of Life: Study of the Torah	148
	Four Types of Judaic Piety
23	The Philosopher	153
24	The Mystic	163
25	An Ordinary Jew	170
26	Two Extraordinary Women	174
III	Classical Judaism in Modern Times	179
	Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative Judaisms
27	Modern Times	181
28	Reform Judaism	192
29	Orthodox Judaism	202
30	Conservative Judaism	215
	The Practice of Judaism in Contemporary North America
31	The American Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption	225
32	How Jews Practice Judaism in North America	239
33	Reversionary Judaisms: Forward to "Tradition"?	253
	Glossary	263
	Index	270