Introduction: The Kuzari, A Brief History of the Khazars, Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi

First Essay: Historical Background -- The Philosopher -- The Christian and the Muslim -- Fundamentals of Judaism -- The Different Levels of Creation -- History of the World -- Tradition vs. Logic -- Defining Nature -- Origins of the Jewish Nation -- How God Interacts with the Physical World -- The Elite People -- The Golden Calf -- Prophetic Messages -- The Afterlife -- The Indian Parable -- Converts

Second Essay: The King's Conversion -- Divine Attributes -- Anthropomorphisms -- Israel's Holiness -- The Day Begins with Israel -- Diaspora Jews' Insecurity -- Sacrifices -- Divinity Resting Upon the Jewish Nation -- Divinity in the Diaspora -- Israel and the Nations -- The Different Kinds of Commandments -- God Is Glorified through the Jews -- Spiritual Impurity (Tum'ah) -- The Rich Wisdom of the Torah -- The Superiority of Hebrew

Third Essay: Servants of God and Saintly People -- The Sabbath and Other Holy Days -- Maintaining Harmony against Turmoil -- Blessings -- Benefits of Communal Prayer -- A Parable to Explain the World to Come -- Karaites and Tradition -- The Oral Torah -- Rabbinic "Leniencies" -- God Alone Determines Divine Activity -- Scripture Records Famous Events Only -- The Tradition Process -- Rabbinic Method of Scripture Interpretation -- Aggadah (Talmudic Homily)

Fourth Essay: God's Various Names -- Identifying God's Instruments as Divine -- Our Senses and the True Essence of Things -- Prophetic Vision vs. Philosophic Vision -- Astrology -- Other Religions and Philosophy -- Philosophers and the Pursuit of Knowledge -- Exile and the Other Religions as a Growing Seed -- Wisdom from the Book of Creation -- God's Oneness and Multiplicity -- Scientific Wisdom of the Sages

Fifth Essay: Using Dialectics vs. Relying on Tradition -- Presenting the Philosophers' Beliefs -- Creation and "Prime Matter" (Hule) -- Intrinsic vs. Incidental Forms -- The Glorious Creation Detailed in Psalm 104 -- The Elements -- The Various Forces within Living Creatures -- The Human Mind and the Active Intellect -- Proofs to the Existence of the Soul -- Challenges to the Philosophers -- Principles of Kalam -- Predetermination (Fatalism) vs. Free Will (Initiative) -- Four Types of Phenomena -- Fundamentals to Foster a Belief in Free Will -- Conclusion -- The Rabbi Yearns and Leaves for Israel

Appendices: (A) On Greek Philosophy; (B) On Living in Israel; (C) The International Date Lane, Time Zones, and the Jewish Calendar; (D) On Hebrew Grammar (Dikduk); (E) The Chisdai Letters -- Letter from Rabbi Chisdai to King Joseph, The Response of King Joseph to Rabbi Chisdai; (F) The Complete Ibn Tibon Hebrew Text of The Kuzari (also includes the Hebrew text of the Chisdai Letters)

Indexes: Index of Judaic Sources -- General Index