Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder

Informationen zum Autor By Michael Marmur Klappentext Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder is the first book to demonstrate how Heschel’s political, intellectual, and spiritual commitments were embedded in his reading of Jewish tradition. Zusammenfassung Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder is the first book to demonstrate how Heschel's political! intellectual! and spiritual commitments were embedded in his reading of Jewish tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Heir and Pioneer Chapter Two: Heschel’s Bible and the Hermeneutic of Surprise Chapter Three: A Living Response: Heschel and the Literature of the Sages Chapter Four: From Contemplation to Practice: Heschel’s Two Maimonides Chapter Five: On the Verge of God: Heschel and Kabbalah Chapter Six: A New Accent: Heschel and Hasidism Chapter Seven: An Affinity of Strangers Chapter Eight: Heschel’s Aspaklaria Chapter Nine: Heschel and the Call to Action

Product details

• Authors: Michael Marmur
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781442651234
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-5123-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous