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The Prophets / by Abraham J. Heschel.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Prophets.
- Prophets.
- Local Subjects:
- Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 518 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Jewish Publication Society of America, [1962]
- Summary:
- 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 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 contribution to the philosophy of religion.
- Contents:
- What manner of man is the prophet
- Amos
- Hosea
- Isaiah
- Micah
- Jeremiah
- Habakkuk
- Second Isaiah
- History
- Chastisement
- Justice
- The theology of pathos
- Comparisons and contrasts
- The philosophy of pathos
- Anthropopathy
- The meaning and mystery of wrath
- Ira Dei
- Religion of sympathy
- Prophecy and ecstasy
- The theory of ecstasy
- An examination of the theory of ecstasy
- Prophecy and poetic inspiration
- Prophecy and psychosis
- Explanations of prophetic inspiration
- Event and experience
- Prophets throughout the world
- Prophet, priest, and king
- Conclusions
- Appendix: A note on the meaning of pathos.
- Notes:
- "The Revised Standard Version has been used throughout, interspersed occasionally with my own translation."
- Title-page verso contains Harper & Row publishing information.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Originally published as two separate volumes: New York : Harper & Row, 1962.
- "Format by Gayle A. Jaeger."
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok February 1966 New York".
- Potok Collection copy has marginal marks and ms. annotations.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972. Prophets.
- OCLC:
- 2940410
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