From the Book - First edition.
Preface: The people and the books: A timeline
The blessing and the curse: The Book of Deuteronomy
In the kingdom of chance: The Book of Esther
Reading against the grain: The exposition of the laws by Philo of Alexandria
Choosing life: The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus
Building fences: Pirkei Avot
The scandal of chosenness: The itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela and the Kuzari by Yehuda Halevi
Thinking toward God: The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides
The secret life of God: The Zohar
Daughters of Zion: The Tsenerene and the memoirs of Glückel of Hameln
Heresy and freedom: Theological-political treatise by Baruch Spinoza
Between two worlds: The autobiography of Solomon Maimon and Jerusalem by Moses Mendelssohn
Brokenness and redemption: The tales of Nachman of Bratslav
If you will it: The Jewish State and old new land by Theodor Herzl
On the brink: Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem.
