Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays by Abraham Joshua Heschel (English

Description: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Susannah Heschel This first collection of Heschels essays - compiled, edited and with an introduction by his daughter Susannah Heschel, is a stunning reminder of the virtuosity of one of the most well respected minds in Judaic studies. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This first collection of Heschels essays - compiled, edited and with an introduction by his daughter Susannah Heschel, is a stunning reminder of the virtuosity of one of the most well respected minds in Judaic studies. Author Biography Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72), one of the foremost Jewish savants of our time, was internationally known as scholar, author, activist, and theologian. Review "One of the truly great men of our day and age, a truly great prophet." --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "This essential collection captures the best of a leading thinker and doer who influenced many contemporaries with an ancient prophetic tradition that he made new." --Kirkus Reviews Review Quote This essential collection captures the best of a leading thinker and doer who influenced many contemporaries with an ancient prophetic tradition that he made new. Excerpt from Book Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity I EXISTENCE AND CELEBRATION To Be a Jew: What Is It? THERE IS A HIGH COST of living to be paid by a Jew. He has to be exalted in order to be normal in a world that is neither propitious for nor sympathetic to his survival. Some of us, tired of sacrifice and exertion, often wonder: Is Jewish existence worth the price? Others are overcome with panic; they are perplexed and despair of recovery. The meaning of Jewish existence, the foremost theme of any Jewish philosophy, is baffling. To fit it into the framework of personal intellectual predilections or current fashions of our time would be a distortion. The claim of Israel must be recognized before attempting an interpretation. As the ocean is more than what we know about it, so Judaism surpasses the content of all philosophies of it. We have not invented it. We may accept or reject, but should not distort it. It is as an individual that I am moved by an anxiety for the meaning of my existence as a Jew. Yet when I begin to ponder about it, my theme is not the problem of one Jew but of all Jews. And the more deeply I probe, the more strongly I realize the scope of the problem. It embraces not only the Jews of the present but also those of the past and those of the future, the meaning of Jewish existence in all ages. What is at stake in our lives is more than the fate of one generation. In this moment we, the living, are Israel. The tasks begun by the patriarchs and prophets, and carried out by countless Jews of the past, are now entrusted to us. No other group has superseded them. We are the only channel of Jewish tradition, those who must save Judaism from oblivion, those who must hand over the entire past to the generations to come. We are either the last, the dying, Jews or else we are those who will give new life to our tradition. Rarely in our history has so much been dependentupon one generation. We will either forfeit or enrich the legacy of the ages. Details ISBN0374524955 Author Susannah Heschel Short Title MORAL GRANDEUR & SPIRITUAL AUD Pages 464 Language English ISBN-10 0374524955 ISBN-13 9780374524951 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 296 Year 1997 Birth 1907 Death 1972 DOI 10.1604/9780374524951 Subtitle Essays Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1997-05-16 NZ Release Date 1997-05-16 US Release Date 1997-05-16 UK Release Date 1997-05-16 Publication Date 1997-05-16 Edited by Susannah Heschel Audience General Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159672680;

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