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 | | Heavenly Torah: As Refracted Through the Generations by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Gordon Tucker, Leonard Levin ISBN-10: 9780826408020 ISBN-10: 0-8264-0802-8 ISBN-13: 9780826408020 ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-0802-0 Hardcover 2005-02-28 Continuum Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Known most widely for his active role in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Abraham Heschel made major scholarly contributions to the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, and Hasidism. His most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-volume study of rabbinic Judaism written in Hebrew, is available for the first time in English. | ||
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Heavenly I stumbled across Heschel a few years ago, and I'm so glad that I did. As a Gentile, I cannot express enough the importance of Heschel for people of any faith. He shows the depth and beauty of Judaism and of the human spirit. Every book I have read by Heschel has moved me to tears, and this book is no exception. Heavenly Torah is very long, and at times repetitive, but it is packed with profound insights. Heschel compared two 2nd century schools of thought, the school of Rabbi Akiva and the school of Rabbi Ishmael. So far, the Akivan school has had a larger impact, but Heschel makes the point that the Ishmaelian school has a very important message for the modern world. Indeed, the two schools of thought are different, but Heschel's main point is that they don't have to fall into a rivalry. They have enough beauty in common that the two schools can build off of each other, challenge each other, and live in harmony with each other. This is a teaching from Heaven that we all need to hear. www.ravenfoundation.org | ||
it's heavenly! Excellent. Comprehensive. A wealth of information distilled through a knowledgeable perspective. Thoroughly documented for those of us who want citations. | ||
An important Sefer This work is the translation of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's classical work of Biblical exegesis. It is ably translated from the Hebrew by Gordon Tucker and Leonard Levin. Each section of the work contains a translator's introduction,and there is an overall introduction to the volume by Heschel's daughter Susannah Heschel.Among the subjects debated by Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael in the work are miracles, beholding the face of God, the Torah that is Heaven, Moses Ascent to Heaven, The Descent of the Divine Glory, Torah from Heaven, the Sectarians,Moses did things on is own authority, Two methos of understanding 'Thus says the Lord', Is it possible that it was on his Own say so, The book of Deuternomy, Is the Prophet a Partner or a Vessel, See how great was Moses power, Moses prophecy, How the Torah was written,Lost books, Renewal of Torah, It is Not in the Heavens, Both these and these are the words of the living God, Against Multiplying Rules, Stringencies and Leniences, et al. The principle of debate and argument is the moving spirit of the work. The book is richly annotated .It is filled with telling citations from Gemara and Midrash. This is a book which all who care for Jewish learning will wish to have in their libraries. | ||
One of the best books of Jewish theology I'm very suprised with the amazing knowledge of Joshua Heschel, and glad to had invested on a very responsible work on Jewish theology. It's very very recommended. | ||
Heavenly Torah: As Refracted Through the Generations I am very interested in the text. I read it in conjuction with the Holy Bible Old Testament. I find that the comparative texts are very enlightening when read together. | ||