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Chapter XXIX. God and the Existence of Evil
Chapter XXX. God and the Angels
Chapter XXXI. Satan and the Spirits of Evil
Chapter XXXII. God and the Intermediary Powers
Part II. Man
Chapter XXXIII. Man's Place in Creation
Chapter XXXIV. The Dual Nature of Man
Chapter XXXV. The Origin and Destiny of Man
Chapter XXXVI. God's Spirit in Man
Chapter XXXVII. Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Chapter XXXVIII. The Meaning of Sin
Chapter XXXIX. Repentance Or the Return To God
Chapter XL. Man, the Child of God
Chapter XLI. Prayer and Sacrifice
Chapter XLII. The Nature and Purpose of Prayer
Chapter XLIII. Death and the Future Life
Chapter XLIV. The Immortal Soul of Man
Chapter XLV. Divine Retribution: Reward and Punishment.
Chapter XLVI. The Individual and the Race
Chapter XLVII. The Moral Elements of Civilization
Part III. Israel And The Kingdom Of God
Chapter XLVIII. The Election of Israel
Chapter XLIX. The Kingdom of God and the Mission of Israel
Chapter L. The Priest-people and its Law of Holiness
Chapter LI. Israel, the People of the Law, and its World Mission
Chapter LII. Israel, the Servant of the Lord, Martyr and Messiah Of the
Nations
Chapter LIII. The Messianic Hope
Chapter LIV. Resurrection, a National Hope
Chapter LV. Israel and the Heathen Nations
Chapter LVI. The Stranger and the Proselyte
Chapter LVII. Christianity and Mohammedanism, the Daughter-Religions Of
Judaism
Chapter LVIII. The Synagogue and its Institutions
Chapter LIX. The Ethics of Judaism and the Kingdom of God
List Of Abbreviations
Index
Footnotes

DEDICATION

To The Memory

Of

EDWARD L. HEINSHEIMER

THE LAMENTED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF

THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE

IN WHOM ZEAL FOR THE HIGH IDEALS
OF JUDAISM AND PATRIOTIC DEVOTION
TO OUR BLESSED COUNTRY WERE
NOBLY EMBODIED

In Friendship And
Affection

PREFACE

In offering herewith to the English-reading public the present work on
Jewish Theology, the result of many years of research and of years of
activity as President and teacher at the Hebrew Union College of
Cincinnati, I bespeak for it that fairness of judgment to which every
pioneer work is entitled. It may seem rather strange that no such work has
hitherto been written by any of the leading Jewish scholars of either the
conservative or the progressive school. This ca