Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Religious, Judaism, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder by Michael  Marmur, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Michael Marmur ISBN: 9781442625839
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: May 12, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Michael Marmur
ISBN: 9781442625839
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: May 12, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) was one of the twentieth century’s most influential Jewish thinkers, a respected theologian and enthusiastic civil rights activist who marched to Selma with Martin Luther King, Jr. His theology emphasized the immediacy of wonder and awe, yet his writing was studded with signs of his vast knowledge of traditional scholarship. No other Jewish thinker of note in the twentieth century used such a wide range of texts so extensively. 

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. By shedding new light on how Heschel’s theological project reconciled the demands of tradition and the modern world, Michael Marmur offers an inspirational lesson in how contemporary Jewish thought can embrace both the texts of the past and the challenges of the present.

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Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) was one of the twentieth century’s most influential Jewish thinkers, a respected theologian and enthusiastic civil rights activist who marched to Selma with Martin Luther King, Jr. His theology emphasized the immediacy of wonder and awe, yet his writing was studded with signs of his vast knowledge of traditional scholarship. No other Jewish thinker of note in the twentieth century used such a wide range of texts so extensively. 

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. By shedding new light on how Heschel’s theological project reconciled the demands of tradition and the modern world, Michael Marmur offers an inspirational lesson in how contemporary Jewish thought can embrace both the texts of the past and the challenges of the present.

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