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The Prophets

By: Abraham J. Heschel

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The enduring masterpiece on the Old Testament prophets from the legendary twentieth-century Jewish theologian and author of the classics works Man Is Not Alone and God in Search of Man. “A brilliant study of the Hebrew prophets, one of the most penetrating works . . . [of] our time.”— Will Herberg When it was first published in 1962, The Prophets was hailed as a masterpiece. Since then, Heschel's classic work has stood the test of time. The Prophets provides a unique opportunity for readers of all faiths to gain a fresh perspective and deep knowledge of the Old Testament and Israel’s ancient prophetic movement. Heschel’s profound understanding of the prophets and detailed examinations of them, including Amos, Hosea, Isahiah, Micah, and Jeremiah, offers crucial insights into the philosophy of religion that continue to hold relevance for modern scholars and laymen alike.

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0063335360

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God in Search of Man

A Philosophy of Judaism

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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God in Search of Man

A Philosophy of Judaism

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and God in Search of Man and its companion volume, Man Is Not Alone, two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. God in Search of Man combines scholarship with lucidity, reverence, and compassion as Dr. Heschel discusses not man's search for God but God's for man--the notion of a Chosen People, an idea which, he writes, "signifies not a quality inherent in the people but a relationship between the people and God." It is an extraordinary description of the nature of Biblical thought, and how that thought becomes faith.

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Macmillan

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0374513317

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9780374513313

The Sabbath

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Sabbath

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel, one of the most widely respected religious leaders of the twentieth century, introduced the influential idea of an 'architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the materials things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that 'the Sabbaths are our great catherdrals.' Featuring black-and-white illustrations by Ilya Schor

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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1466800097

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9781466800090

Insecurity of Freedom

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Insecurity of Freedom

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

The Insecurity of Freedom is a collection of essays on Human Existence by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of our time, Abraham Joshua Heschel.

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0374506086

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In This Hour: Heschel's Writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel,Susannah Heschel

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In This Hour: Heschel's Writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel,Susannah Heschel

In This Hour offers the first English translations of selected German writings by Abraham Joshua Heschel from his tumultuous years in Nazi-ruled Germany and months in London exile, before he found refuge in the United States. Moreover, several of the works have never been published in any language. Composed during a time of intense crisis for European Jewry, these writings both argue for and exemplify a powerful vision of spiritually rich Jewish learning and its redemptive role in the past and the future of the Jewish people. The collection opens with the text of a speech in which Heschel laid out with passion his vision for Jewish education. Then it goes on to present his teachings: a set of essays about the rabbis of the Mishnaic period, whose struggles paralleled those of his own time; the biography of the medieval Jewish scholar and leader Don Yitzhak Abravanel; reflections on the power and meaning of repentance, written for the High Holidays in 1936; and a short story on Jewish exile, written for Hanukkah 1937. The collection closes with a set of four recently discovered meditations—on suffering, prayer, spirituality, and God—in which Heschel grapples with the horrors unfolding around him. Taken together, these essays and story fill a significant void in Heschel’s bibliography: his Nazi Germany and London exile years. These translations convey the spare elegance of Heschel’s prose, and the introduction and detailed notes make the volume accessible to readers of all knowledge levels. As Heschel teaches history, his voice is more than that of a historian: the old becomes new, and the struggles of one era shed light on another. Even as Heschel quotes ancient sources, his words address the issues of his own time and speak urgently to ours.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0827618255

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9780827618251

Who Is Man?

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Who Is Man?

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

One of the worlds most illustrious and influential theologians here confronts one of the crucial philosophical and religious questions of our time: the nature and role of man. In these three lectures, originally delivered in somewhat different form as The Raymond Fred West Memorial Lectures at Stanford University in May 1963, Dr. Heschel inquires into the logic of being human: What is meant by being human? What are the grounds on which to justify a human beings claim to being human? In the authors words, We have never been as openmouthed and inquisitive, never as astonished and embarrassed at our ignorance about man. We know what he makes, but we do not konw wha he is or what to expect of him. Is it not conceivable that our entire civilization is built upon a minsinterpretation of man? Or that the tragedy of man is due to the fact that he is a being who has forgotten the question: Who is Man? The failure to identify himself, to know what is authentic human existence, leads him to assume a false identity, to pretending to be what he is unable to be or to not accepting what is at the very root of his being. Ignorance about man is not lack of knowledge, but false knowledge.

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Stanford University Press

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0804702667

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9780804702669

Between God and Man

By: Abraham Heschel

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Between God and Man

By: Abraham Heschel

Heschel was one of the outstanding Judaic philosophers and theologians of our time, and this is more than just a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Judaism as he attempts to bridge the gap between traditions of Eastern European Jewry and the scholarship of Western civilisation.

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Simon and Schuster

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068483331X

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9780684833316

A Passion for Truth

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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A Passion for Truth

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

In A Passion For Truth, Heschel delves into the exploration of hope and despair in Hasidism. Heschel drew on his own experiences from his study of the Kotzker and the Baal Shem Tov to create this classic work.

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146680033X

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The Wisdom of Heschel

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Wisdom of Heschel

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right questions...Awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions." This example of Rabbi Heschel's thought and manner of expression, familiar to the readers of his many books, serves as an epigraph to The Wisdom of Heschel. As Ruth Goodhill says in her foreword, "These selections from the works of the prophetic giant of the twentieth century, Abraham Joshua Heschel, represent my personal response to his writings. This book, conceived during his lifetime, is offered as an introduction to his thought and to his profound understanding of the agonies of modern society." Most of the selections are taken from God in Search of Man, The Insecurity of Freedom, Man Is Not Alone, The Sabbath, The Prophets, and Who Is Man? Among the categories in which the excerpts have been grouped are "Questions Man Asks, " "Man's Needs, " "Caring for Our Old, " "Teaching Our Young, " "Law, "" The Sabbath, " and "One World.

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1466800348

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9781466800342

Man Is Not Alone

A Philosophy of Religion

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Man Is Not Alone

A Philosophy of Religion

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

This book examines the ingredients of piety: how man senses God's presence, explores it, accepts it, and builds life upon it. The author's philosophy of religion is not a philosophy of doctrine or the interpretation of a dogma. He erects his carefully built structure of thought upon foundations which are universally valid but almost generally ignored.

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Macmillan

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0374513287

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Maimonides

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Maimonides

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Influential scholar and savant Abraham Joshua Heschel combines an account of the life of medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides with an introduction to his writings and their place in the broader tradition of Jewish thought.

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1435142683

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Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity

Essays

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity

Essays

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Gathers essays by the Jewish scholar, activist, and theologian about Judaism, Jewish heritage, social justice, ecumenism, faith, and prayer.

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0374524955

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The Earth is the Lord's

The Inner World of the Jew in Eastern Europe

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Earth is the Lord's

The Inner World of the Jew in Eastern Europe

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Powerfully and beautifully portrays a bygone Jewish culture. An eloquent masterpiece, originally published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Includes woodcut illustrations by Ilya Schor.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1879045427

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9781879045422

In This Hour: Heschel's Writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel,Susannah Heschel

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By: Abraham Joshua Heschel,Susannah Heschel

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U of Nebraska Press

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0827613229

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Heavenly Torah

As Refracted Through the Generations

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Heavenly Torah

As Refracted Through the Generations

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-volume study of Rabbinic Judaism, is only now appearing in English.

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0826408028

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Between God and Man

By: Abraham Heschel

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Between God and Man

By: Abraham Heschel

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The Ineffable Name of God - Man

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Ineffable Name of God - Man

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Written between 1927 and 1933—and never published in English before—this is the intimate spiritual diary of a devout European Jew, loyal to the revelation at Sinai and afflicted with reverence for all human beings.

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The Earth is the Lord's

The Inner World of the Jew in East Europe

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Inner World of the Jew in East Europe

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Powerfully and beautifully portrays a bygone Jewish culture. An eloquent masterpiece.

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0374146136

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Israel: An Echo of Eternity

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Israel: An Echo of Eternity

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Israel: An Echo of Eternity is Dr. Heschel's book about the past, present, and future home of the Jews. According to Dr. Heschel the presence of Israel has tremendous historical and religious significance for the whole world: "History is not always made by men alone...Israel is a personal challenge, a personal religious issue. We are God's stake in human history. We are the dawn and the dusk, the challenge and the test. The presence of Israel is the repudiation of despair. Israel calls for a renewal of trust in the Lord of history." Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the foremost religious figures of our time, died in 1972. Israel: An Echo of Eternity is his powerful and eloquent book on the meaning of Israel today.

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0374507406

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The Wisdom of Heschel

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Prophets

Two Volumes in One

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The Prophets

Two Volumes in One

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

The Prophets is widely recognized as a masterpiece of biblical scholarship. Heschel attempts to understand the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of each of the prophets, presenting the reader with a sense of their very being. He effectively achieves a balance between the objective supernatural and the subjective human situation, and presents a unique discussion of Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk and their particular challenges and journeys. In the second part of the book, Heschel addresses such subjects as pathos, wrath, sympathy, ecstasy, psychosis, and prophetic and poetic inspiration, and in so doing offers a new contribution to the philosophy of religion. The Prophets is both scholarly and devotional, an indispensable part of an in-depth understanding of the Hebrew Bible.

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Hendrickson Publishers

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1598561812

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9781598561814

Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets

Maimonides and Other Medieval Authorities

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets

Maimonides and Other Medieval Authorities

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

Israelite prophets is well known, his studies of prophetic inspiration among Jewish scholars of the Middle Ages is not, in part because it exists in article form and in part because these articles were written in Hebrew. The standard Jewish view is that prophecy ended with the ancient prophets, somewhere early in the Second Temple era. Heschel demonstrated that this view is not altogether accurate. Belief in the possibility of continued prophetic inspiration, and in its.

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

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0881253464

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9780881253467

Maimonides

A Biography

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Maimonides

A Biography

By: Abraham Joshua Heschel

This classic biography of the medieval Jewish philosopher, in its first English translation, recounts the events of Maimonides's life and provides an illuminating analysis of his thought, including his greatest work The Guide for the Perplexed..

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