Abraham Joshua Heschel : prophetic witness /

This book, the first of two volumes, is the story of Abraham Joshua Heschel, "a renowned American theologian and interpreter of tradition."--Jacket.

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Main Author: Kaplan, Edward K., 1942-
Other Authors: Dresner, Samuel H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1998.
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245 1 0 |a Abraham Joshua Heschel :  |b prophetic witness /  |c Edward K. Kaplan & Samuel H. Dresner. 
260 |a New Haven, CT :  |b Yale University Press,  |c c1998. 
300 |a x, 402 p. :  |b ports. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-383) and index. 
505 0 |a I: Warsaw: childhood and adolescence -- Heschel's first home (1907-1914) -- Early studies and catastrophes (1914-1917) -- "The blessings of humiliation" and triumphal adolescence (1917-1924) -- Expanding the self through literature (1924-1926) -- II: A Rebbe among revolutionaries (1925-1927) -- III: Berlin: Europe in crisis -- A student in Berlin (1927-1931) -- A Jewish philosophical mentor (1928-1931) -- Poetic vision and prophetic sympathy (1928-1931) -- Paradigm shift (1929-1931) -- God's active presence (1931-1932) -- A year of grief and rage (1933) -- A poet's self-portrait (winter 1933-1934) -- Spiritual and intellectual biographies: Koigen and Maimonides (1934-1935) -- The German Jewish renaissance (1934-1935) -- Alliance with Martin Buber (June-December 1935) -- Mission defined (January-September 1936) -- IV: Frankfurt, the war, and exile -- Teaching in times of crisis (September 1936-December 1937) -- A prophetic witness (December 1937-March 1938) -- "Out of the depths" (March-October 1938) -- Struggling in escape (November 1938-July 1939) -- Departure and deliverance (1939-1940). 
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