Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972)
Author of The Sabbath
About the Author
Heschel received his doctorate at the Hochschule fur die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin but was deported to Poland by the Nazis in 1938. He went to London in 1940 and after the war accepted a professorship in ethics and mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Heschel show more articulated a depth theology, arguing that the divine-human encounter takes place at a deeper level than is attainable by the rational mind. Reaching out to skeptical Jews and seeking to make Judaism accessible and meaningful in the modern world, Heschel stressed the interdependence of God and humanity, and maintained that God recognizes and supports ethical human action and that humans express their faith through their actions. Heschel lived according to his word and played an active role in social change, including the civil rights movement. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Between God and Man: An Interpretation of Judaism from the Writings of Abraham J. Heschel (1959) 231 copies
The Earth Is the Lord's: The Inner World of the Jew in Eastern Europe (A Jewish Lights Classic Reprint) (1950) 175 copies
Democracia y otros ensayos 2 copies
A Philosophy of Judaism 1 copy
“The Meaning of This Hour” 1 copy
Il messaggio dei profeti 1 copy
Sefer Ohev Yiśrael 1 copy
You Are My Witness 1 copy
Associated Works
The Ten Commandments: The Reciprocity of Faithfulness (Library of Theological Ethics) (2004) — Contributor — 44 copies
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- Legal name
- Heschel, Abraham Joshua
- Other names
- Heschel, Abraham J.
Heshel, Abraham Joshua
赫舍爾 - Birthdate
- 1907-01-11
- Date of death
- 1972-12-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Poland
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Frankfurt, Germany - Education
- University of Berlin (PhD)
Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin, Germany - Occupations
- Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Rabbinics(Hebrew Union)
Professor of Jewish Ethics and Mysticism(Jewish Sem.)
Rabbi
Philosopher
theologian
social activist (show all 9)
poet
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ethicist - Relationships
- Heschel, Susannah (daughter)
- Organizations
- American Philosophical Association
Metaphysical Society
American Academy for Jewish Research
Hebrew Union College
Jewish Seminary of America - Short biography
- Abraham Joshua Heschel was the youngest of six children born to an esteemed Hasidic Jewish family. After a traditional yeshiva education and studying for Orthodox rabbinical ordination, he pursued a doctorate at the University of Berlin and a liberal rabbinic ordination at the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, where he later taught. He joined a Yiddish poetry group and in 1933, published a volume of Yiddish poems. In 1938, he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Poland. He spent 10 months lecturing at Warsaw's Institute for Jewish Studies. Six weeks before the German invasion of Poland, Dr. Heschel was able to leave Warsaw for London. In 1940, Dr. Heschel emigrated to the USA and obtained a faculty position at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. In 1946, he married Sylvia Straus, a concert pianist, and also took up a post at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City, the main seminary of Conservative Judaism. Here he served as professor of Jewish ethics and mysticism for the rest of his life. It was his leadership in the civil rights movement that first made Dr. Heschel widely known.
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