The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology Cambridge Companions to Religion Series

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology offers an overview of Jewish theology, an aspect of Judaism that is equal in importance to law and ethics. Covering the period from antiquity to the present, the volume focuses on what Jews believe about God and also about the relation of God to humans and the world. Parts I and II cover exciting new research in Jewish biblical and rabbinic theology, medieval philosophy, Kabbalah (mysticism), and liturgy. Parts III and IV turn to modern theology with an exploration of works by leading figures, such as Rabbi Abraham I. Kook, Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the relation of theology to issues such as feminism and the Holocaust, and the relation of Judaism to other world religions. In Part V, the book explores how the insights of analytic philosophy have been integrated with Jewish theology.

1. Introduction Steven Kepnes; 2. What is Jewish Theology? David Novak; Part I. Biblical-Rabbinic: 3. Jewish Biblical Theology Marvin A. Sweeney; 4. The God of the Rabbis Moshe Halbertal; 5. The Theology of the Daily Liturgy Reuven Kimelman; Part II. Medieval: 6. Maimonides' Theology Daniel Rynhold; 7. Law and Order: The Birth of a Nation and the Creation of the World Daniel Frank; 8. The Mystical Theology of Kabbalah: From God to Godhead Adam Afterman; Part III. Modern: 9. R. Kook: a This-worldly Mystic Tamar Ross; 10. Rosenzweig's Midrashic Speech-acts: From Hegel and German Nationalism to a Modern-day Ba'al Teshuvah Jules Simon; 11. Levinas's Theological Ethics Richard Cohen; Part IV. Contemporary Issues: 12. The Holocaust and Jewish Theology Michael L. Morgan; 13. Theology and Halakhah in Jewish Feminisms Ronit Irshai; 14. Jewish Models of Revelation Alan Brill; 15. Jewish Theology of Religions Alon Goshen-gottstein; Part V. Analytic Philosophy and Theology: 16. Can There be a Positive Theology? Kenneth Seeskin; 17. Theological Realism and its Alternatives in Contemporary Jewish Theology Cass Fisher; 18. A Defense of Verbal Revelation: Words of the Living God Samuel Fleischacker; 19. A Constructive Jewish Theology of God and Perfect Goodness Yehudah Gellman.

Steven Kepnes is Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies at Colgate University. He is the author of The Future of Jewish Theology and Jewish Liturgical Reasoning (2007).