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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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaplan, Edward K., 1942-
Otros Autores: Dresner, Samuel H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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).