Introduction Part 1 Choseness Chapter 1 The Election of Israel: Outline of a Philosophical Analysis David Novak Chapter 2 Chosenness, Not Chauvinism: Maimonides on the Chosen people Menachem Kellner Response to Menachem Kellner Norbert M. Samuelson Reply to Norbert Samuelson Menachem Kellner Chapter 3 Judaism and Chosenness: On Some Controversial Aspects from Spinoza to Contemporary Jewish Thought Ze'ev Levy Part 2 Ritual Chapter 4 Rational Law / Ritual Law L. E. Goodman Chapter 5 Mitzvah as Metaphor Moshe Sokol Chapter 6 Jewish Ritual and the Experience of "Rootedness" Joshua L. Golding Chapter 7 The Concept of Worship in Judaism Norbert M. Samuelson Contributors Index