The way of Torah : an introduction to Judaism /
Jacob Neusner.
- Belmont, California : Wadsworth Publishing Company, (c)1988.
- xxv, 194 pages ; 24 cm.
- The Religious life of man series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue : in the beginning -- History of Judaism -- Defining Judaism : The Jew and the Judaist -- Judaism and Christianity : different people talking about different things to different people -- The evidence -- Hear, O Israel -- Coming together -- Going forth -- The only kid and the Messiah -- The land and Jerusalem -- The spirit of the law -- Hear our prayers, grant us piece -- Sabbaths for rest, festivals for rejoicing -- Birth, maturity, death -- The center of life : study of Torah -- The rabbi and the school -- The philosopher -- The mystic -- An ordinary man -- Two extraordinary women -- The historical setting -- For some, the end of traditional society -- Theology : reform and orthodoxy -- Nationality and peoplehood : Messianism and Zionism -- Law and ethics -- Study of Torah and modern scholarship : yeshiva, seminary, an university -- The unbroken myth -- Into the twenty-first century : the age of new beginnings.