Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic WitnessYale University Press, 1 jan 2007 - 402 pagina's This is the first volume of the first biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the outstanding Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner trace Heschel's life from his birth in Warsaw in 1907 to his emigration to the United States in 1940, describing his roots in Hasidic culture, his experiences in Poland and Germany, and his relations with Martin Buber. ?This first volume of a remarkable biography of one of the greatest Jewish thinkers and social activists of his generation must take its place in every home, in every library, Jewish and gentile alike. Written with warmth, passion, and grace, it offers the reader an insight into the man Heschel, whose teaching has uniquely influenced modern theology and inspired moral commitment.”?Elie Wiesel "This book is simply stunning! . . . The authors . . . have a profound understanding of Heschel's inner life, and they use all this information in order to craft a powerful portrait of a human being.”?Jack Riemer, Commonweal ?Th[is] long-awaited biography of Heschel cover[s] the author's youth in Warsaw and education in Vilna and Berlin. . . . Kaplan and Dresner's biography will hold broad popular interest while providing academics an important starting point from which to investigate critically the life and thought of this important thinker.”?Zachary Braiterman, Religious Studies Review ?Critical, careful attention [is paid] to Heschel's words.”?Laurie Adlerstein, New York Times Book Review |
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | vii |
The Heschel Dynasty | xi |
The Friedman Dynasty | xii |
The Perlow Dynasty | xiii |
Warsaw Childhood and Adolescence | 1 |
Heschels First Home 19071914 | 4 |
Early Studies and Catastrophes 19141917 | 21 |
The Blessings of Humiliation and Triumphal Adolescence 19171924 | 37 |
A Poets SelfPortrait Winter 19331934 | 164 |
Spiritual and Intellectual Biographies Koigen and Maimonides 19341935 | 176 |
The German Jewish Renaissance 19341935 | 190 |
Alliance with Martin Buber JuneDecember 1935 | 200 |
Mission Defined JanuarySeptember 1936 | 211 |
Frankfurt the War and Exile | 223 |
Teaching in Times of Crisis September 1936December 1937 | 226 |
A Prophetic Witness December 1937March 1938 | 238 |
Expanding the Self Through Literature 19241926 | 56 |
Vilna The Jerusalem of Lithuania | 58 |
A Rebbe Among Revolutionaries 19251927 | 58 |
Berlin Europe in Crisis | 79 |
A Student in Berlin 19271931 | 82 |
A Jewish Philosophical Mentor 19281931 | 103 |
Poetic Vision and Prophetic Sympathy 19281931 | 122 |
Paradigm Shift 19291931 | 135 |
Gods Active Presence 19311932 | 144 |
A Year of Grief and Rage 1933 | 154 |
Out of the Depths MarchOctober 1938 | 247 |
Struggling to Escape November 1938July 1939 | 258 |
Departure and Deliverance 19391940 | 270 |
Epilogue | 286 |
Notes | 291 |
References | 343 |
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Abraham Joshua Heschel academic Archives Avrumele Baal Shem Baal Shem Tov became Bible biblical Corbin culture David Koigen Dessoir dissertation divine Eduard Strauss emigrated essay ethical European father Fishl Schneersohn Frankfurt Friedman German Gittel God's Grandeur and Spiritual Guttmann Hasidic Hasidim Hebrew Union College Hesch Heschel letter Heschel wrote Hochschule holy human Institute intellectual Interview Israel Israel Friedman Jacob Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judaism Koigen Kopitzhinitz Kotzk Kraków Kulbak later lectures Lehrhaus letter to Buber living Maimonides Martin Buber Medzibozh Midrash modern Moral Grandeur Morgenstern Moshe Mordecai Nazi Note to epigraph Novominsker Novominsker rebbe Orthodox Palestine Perlow philosophy piety poem poet poetry Poland prayer prophets published Rabbi Ravitch rebbe's religion religious remained Ruzhin Sabbath scholar secular Seminary Spiritual Audacity Talmud Tchortkov teachers Thena Thena Heshel Kendall theology thinker tion Torah translation Twersky Vienna Vilna visa Warsaw writings Yiddish Yitzhak Meir York Zeitlin