Man is not alone; a philosophy of religion. / Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Judaism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 305 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : The Jewish Publication Society of America, 5711-1951.

Contents:

I. The Problem of God. The sense of the ineffable; Radical amazement; The world is an allusion; To be is to stand for; Knowledge by appreciation; A question beyond words; The God of philosophers; The ultimate question; In the presence of God; Doubts; Faith; What do we mean by the divine?; One God; God is the subject; The divine concern; The hiding God; Beyond faith

II. The Problem of Living. The problem of needs; The meaning of existence; The essence of man; The problem of ends; What is religion?; A definition of Jewish religion; The great yearnining; A pattern for living; The pious man.

Notes:

Title information printed on two pages.

"Designed by Marshall Lee."

Includes index.

"Detailed historical discussions of some of the major themes of this book will be incorporated in the next volume of this work: 'Man is not alone - a philosophy of Judaism'."

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 "Herman Potok January 1952".

Potok Collection copy has [2] newspaper articles about the death of Rabbi Heschel laid in.

Potok Collection copy housed in plastic sleeve.

Other Format:

Online version: Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972. Man is not alone.

OCLC:

1355913