Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism by David Arnow -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction

What Hope Is and Why It Matters Judaism as a Reservoir of Hope Difficulty Tapping Jewish Sources of Hope A Way toward Hope About This Book Making the Most of This Book Notes on Translation and Gendered Language

1. Repentance: The Gateway to Hope

Introduction A Theology for Looking in the Mirror Prayer and Hope The Season of Teshuvah Seasonal Rituals Conclusion

2. Tikkun Olam: Turning Hope into Action

Introduction Biblical Roots in Ecclesiastes Rabbinic Origins in the Mishnah An Intertextual Reading of the Sages and Ecclesiastes Aleinu’s Hope of Repairing the World Tikkun Olam in the Mysticism of Isaac Luria Tikkun Olam Today Conclusion

3. Abraham and Sarah: Living in Hope

Introduction Hope in God and Abraham’s Relationship Hope amid Abraham and Sarah’s Trials The Binding of Isaac as a Story of Hope Conclusion

4. The Exodus: Hope at the Heart

Introduction Brueggemann’s Archetypical Tale of Hope Exodus as the Jewish Master Story Despair versus Hope in Midrash and Commentary Putting Exodus Memories into Practice Conclusion

5. The Covenant: Hope in Israel’s Relationship with God

Introduction Covenantal Hope in the Morning Liturgy Covenantal Hope and the Ancient Trials of History The Post-Holocaust Conversation Conclusion

6. The Book of Job: Hope for Vindication

Introduction Reframing Job Verses of Despair, Verses of Hope Hope for Vindication Conclusion

7. Jewish Eschatology: Hopes for the World to Come

Introduction The Road to Resurrection in the Bible The Rise of the Rabbis and the Triumph of Resurrection The Messiah of the Rabbis Maimonides on the Messiah and the Afterlife Reform Judaism’s Hopes for the Afterlife Humans Fulfilling Hopes for Immortality? Conclusion

8. Israel: Hope in the Homeland

Introduction Zionist Hope Fulfilling the Hopes of Statehood Reuven Rivlin’s Israeli Hope Snapshots of Israeli Hope: Israeli Activists Speak Conclusion

9. Jewish Humor: The Currency of Hope

Introduction Humor and Hope The Beginning of Jewish Laughter Waiting for the Messiah The Schlemiel Laughing and Hoping in Hell God Laughs Too Conclusion

Final Thoughts

A Succinct Jewish Theology of Hope Finding Hope in Our Ancient Texts Hope Means Work Transmitting Our Heritage of Hope

Notes Bibliography Subject Index Index of Texts About David Arnow Series List