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).

'[offers] the reader a clear picture of how Jewish theology addresses the central concerns practitioners of Judaism face ... a clear, expansive picture of Jewish theology as an ongoing response to the issues that arise concretely in the evolving lives of people who are connected not just by law and practice but by their understanding of God ... Recommended.' A. J. Avery-Peck, CHOICE

• 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).

'[offers] the reader a clear picture of how Jewish theology addresses the central concerns practitioners of Judaism face ... a clear, expansive picture of Jewish theology as an ongoing response to the issues that arise concretely in the evolving lives of people who are connected not just by law and practice but by their understanding of God ... Recommended.' A. J. Avery-Peck, CHOICE

• 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.