Susannah Heschel

Author of On Being a Jewish Feminist

About the Author

Susannah Heschel, the daughter of Abraham Heschel, is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. Her many books include The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany (Princeton, 2008) and Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus (Chicago, 1998). She is the show more editor of Moral Grandeur Spiritual Audacity: Essays of Abraham Joshua Heschel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997). show less

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Works by Susannah Heschel

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On Being a Jewish Feminist (1987) — Editor — 238 copies, 2 reviews

The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany (2008) 80 copies

Abraham Joshua Heschel: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters) (2011) 71 copies, 1 review

Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) (1998) 42 copies

The Muslim Reception of European Orientalism (2018) 3 copies

New Paths in Jewish and Religious Studies: Essays in Honor of Professor Elliot R. Wolfson (2024) — Editor — 3 copies

Jesus in Modern Jewish Thought 1 copy

Prayer and Politics The Twin Poles of Abraham Joshua Heschel 1 copy

Transforming Jesus from Jew to Aryan: Protestant Theologians in Nazi Germany 1 copy

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The Sabbath (1951) — Introduction, some editions — 1,999 copies, 23 reviews

The Sunflower (1998) — Contributor — 1,270 copies, 20 reviews

Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1996) — Editor — 316 copies, 3 reviews

Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003) — Contributor — 84 copies, 1 review

The Complete Psalms: The Book of Prayer Songs in a New Translation (2010) — Foreword, some editions — 48 copies

Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Early Christianity (2009) — Contributor — 26 copies

William Sloane Coffin: An American Prophet [2004 film] (2004) — Actor — 12 copies

Ethical Monotheism, Past and Present: Essays in Honor of Wendell S. Dietrich (2001) — Contributor — 4 copies

Jews, Antiquity, and the Nineteenth-Century Imagination (2018) — Contributor — 1 copy

Die Morgenländer jüdische Forscher und Abenteurer auf der Suche nach dem Eigenen im Fremden — Author — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1952
Gender: female
Education: University of Pennsylvania
Occupations: Professor of Jewish Studies
Organizations: Dartmouth College
Relationships: Heschel, Abraham Joshua (father)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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nmele 1,484 reviews

Abraham Joshua Heschel: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters) by Susannah Heschel

I'd read a little bit of Rabbi Heschel's writings before reading this collection of excerpts grouped around several themes. These selections are a wonderful introduction to his life and work, including unpublished writing, speeches and excerpts from his books. His daughter, a scholar in her own right, supplements her father's writings with biography and introductions to each section that give depth and context to the passages she has chosen.

Apr 6, 2013

Folkshul 1,468 reviews

On Being a Jewish Feminist by Susannah Heschel