Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. God

1. The God of Maimonides

2. Prophecy

3. Providence

4. Redemption

5. From Negative Theology to Empowering Humanity

Conclusion: The New Religious Hero

Part 2. Torah

6. Is the Torah Divine?

7. Reasons for the Commandments

8. Man and the Torah

9. The Universality of the Torah

Conclusion: Rising to the Level of Understanding

Part 3. Perplexity

10. Contradictions

11. The Creation of the World

12. Perplexity and God

13. The Role of Doubt

14. Halakhah and Dogmatism

15. The Crisis of Reason

16. The Crisis of Tradition

17. From Perplexity to Mysticism and Politics

18. Therapeutic Perplexity

Conclusion: The Purpose of Life

Notes

Index