Holiness in words : Abraham Joshua Heschel's poetics of piety / Edward K. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Edward K., 1942-

Series:

SUNY series in Judaica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.

Heschel, Abraham Joshua.

Jewish philosophy--20th century.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

West Fulton, NY : State University of New York Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kaplan (French and comparative literature, Brandeis U.) investigates Jewish philosopher Heschel's (1907-72) writings in English, focusing on his theory of literary language in order to elucidate the narrative strategy he used to teach God-centered or prophetic thinking. He traces the major themes of Heschel's depth theology: awe and radical amazement, the meaning of symbol, ritual, prayer, and mystical insight, and shows how they apply to today's spiritual and social problems. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Front Matter

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustration

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

Content

INTRODUCTION

ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL IN AMERICA: Theologian, Zaddik, Prophetic Voic

Writer and Teacher

A Brand Plucked from the Fire

Rescuing the Jewish Soul

A Zaddik for the 1950s

A READING STRATEGY: Empathy withCritical Awareness

How to Read Heschel

The First Steps: Close Reading

A Divine Perspective

Prophetic Call

Literary and Theological Insight

Reading toward Community

THE DIVINE PERSPECTIV: ELearning to Think Religiously

The Dynamics of Theocentric Thinking

A Spiritual Itinerary

The Endless Tension

LANGUAGE AND REALITY: Toward a Poetics of Faith

Against Fundamentalisms

The Limits of Language

Windows to the Spirit

The Perspective of the Faithless

The Structure of Biblical Metaphor

Three Dimensions of Human Fullness

MYSTICISM AND DESPAIR: The Threshold of Revelation

Out of the Darkness

Recasting Mental Habits

Mystical Illumination

The Life of Piety

Resistance to Faith

SACRED VERSUS SYMBOLIC RELIGION: Social Science or God's Will?

Spirit versus Symbol

Law and Inwardness

Buber's Atheistic Theology?

Poetics and Observance

Becoming God's Symbol

PROPHETIC RADICALISM: Sacred Humanismand Social Action

Prophecy in the New World

Reverence for the Divine Image

Prophetic Ethics versus Expediency

Prayer and Political Courage

God as Touchstone

CONFRONTING THE HOLOCAUST: God in Exile

The Mountain of History

Writing and Unspeakable Evil

No Post-Holocaust Theology

METAPHOR AND MIRACLE: Modem Judaism and the Holy Spirit

The Historicity of Divine Inspiration

Contemporary Judaism and God's Presence

Toward! the Future.

HESCHEL'S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY Reverence, Dismay, and Exaltation

A Scholarly Goldmine

A Personality for Our Times

Transcendence in Disguise

Interfaith Activism

Back Matter

Appendix A: Study Guide

Appendix B: Heschel in Germany

NOTES

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH

INDEX

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0835-8

0-585-04305-1

OCLC:

42854757