Abraham Joshua Heschel : Prophetic Witness / Rachel T. Hare-Mustin; Jeanne Marecek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hare-Mustin, Rachel T., Author.

Contributor:

Marecek, Jeanne, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972--Homes and haunts--Poland.

Heschel, Abraham Joshua.

Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972--Homes and haunts--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was one of the outstanding Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. A renowned American theologian and interpreter of tradition, author of such important books as Man Is Not Alone, God in Search of Man, and The Prophets, he was a living example of holiness, compassion, and vehement dedication to social justice. This book, the first of two volumes, is the only comprehensive biography of Heschel.Based on interviews with Heschel's friends and family, archival documents, and Heschel's previously unknown writings in Yiddish, German, and Hebrew, the book traces Heschel's life from his birth in Warsaw in 1907 to his emigration to the United States in 1940. Edward Kaplan and Samuel Dresner describe how Heschel came of age in a Hasidic community and reached maturity in secular Jewish Vilna and cosmopolitan Berlin, speaking out as a religious philosopher during the advent of Nazism. They relate how he became a teacher in Berlin, in Martin Buber's education program in Frankfurt (where his lifelong debate with Buber originated), in Warsaw, and in London, while the several Jewish cultures he had absorbed were being destroyed. They show that he was already intellectually and spiritually mature when he emigrated to the United States, fully prepared for his dual roles as interpreter of Jewish piety and social activist.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

The Heschel Dynasty

The Friedman Dynasty

The Perlow Dynasty

1. Heschel's First Home (1907-1914)

2. Early Studies and Catastrophes (1914-1917)

3. "The Blessings of Humiliation" and Triumphal Adolescence (1917-1924)

4. Expanding the Self Through Literature (1924-1926)

5. A Rebbe Among Revolutionaries (1925-1927)

6. A Student in Berlin (1927-1931)

7. A Jewish Philosophical Mentor(1928-1931)

8. Poetic Vision and Prophetic Sympathy (1928-1931)

9. Paradigm Shift(1929-1931)

10. God's Active Presence (1931-1932)

11. A Year of Grief and Rage (1933)

12. A Poet's Self-Portrait (Winter 1933-1934)

13. Spiritual and Intellectual Biographies: Koigen and Maimonides (1934-1935)

14. The German Jewish Renaissance (1934-1935)

15. Alliance with Martin Buber (June-December 1935)

16. Mission Defined (January-September 1936)

17. Teaching in Times of Crisis (September 1936- December 1937)

18. A Prophetic Witness (December 1937-March 1938)

19. "Out of the Depths" (March-October 1938)

20. Struggling to Escape (November 1938-July 1939)

21. Departure and Deliverance (1939-1940)

22. Epilogue

Notes

References

Permissions and Credits

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300150292

0300150296

OCLC:

884499485