Preface -- The history of the Halakhah of Besah -- Scarce resources: philosophical economics reproduced -- Orthodoxy and heresy. The debate with Daniel Boyarin -- War in the Halakhah, peace in the Aggadah -- Study of Torah versus making a living -- Rabbinic theology: a system -- The restoration of Israel: soteriology in Rabbinic Judaism -- Just war in classical Judaism -- Law and religion in Judaism: how Judaism exemplifies the principles of relationship between attitude and action
Summary
This collection of essays draws on work done in 2011-2012. The author takes up several topics in the systemic analysis of Judaism, its literature, and its theology
