Israel: An Echo of Eternity
by Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Israel: An Echo of Eternity is Dr. Heschel¿s book about the past, present, and future home of the Jews. According to Dr. Heschel the presence of Israel has tremendous historical and religious significance for the whole world: ¿History is not always made by men alone ... Israel is a personal challenge, a personal religious issue. We are God¿s stake in human history. We are the dawn and the dusk, the challenge and the test. The presence of Israel is the repudiation of despair. Israel calls show more for a renewal of trust in the Lord of history.¿ Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the foremost religious figures of our time, died in 1972. Israel: An Echo of Eternity is his powerful and eloquent book on the meaning of Israel today. New Introduction by Susannah Heschel, director of Jewish studies, Dartmouth College. show lessTags
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NO OF PAGES: 233 SUB CAT I: Philosophy SUB CAT II: Jerusalem SUB CAT III: Israel DESCRIPTION: This book is about the past, present, and future home of the Jews. According to Dr. Heschel the presence of Israel has tremendous historical and religious significance for the whole world: "History is not always made by men alone. Israel is a personal challenge, a personal religious issue. We are God's stake in human history. We are the dawn and the dusk, the challenge and the test. The presence of Israel is the repudiation of despair. Israel calls for a renewal of trust in the Lord of history."NOTES: SUBTITLE: An Echo of Eternity
Book about the past,present and future home of the Jews." "According to Dr. Heschel,the presence of Israel has tremendous historical and religiious signigicance, not only for the Jews but for the whole world."
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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 articulated a depth theology, arguing that the show more 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
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