His “teacher” and rival, Martin Buber, already a venerable elder at age fifty-two, was an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer, stabilized by inherited wealth. The two had first met in Berlin during the 1929–1930 academic year, ...
A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice
The book is especially valuable for the connections it draws with other philosophers, theologians, and spiritual writers, Jewish and Christian.
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A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice “When I marched in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.” So said Polish-born American rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel ...
The book is devoted to the thought of one of the 20th century's most interesting philosophers of religion. Heschel, a traditional Polish Jew who became a modern thinker, was also an impressive prophet of interreligious dialogue.
... Abraham Joshua Heschel and Elie Wiesel: You Are My Witnesses. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987. —. Martin Buber: His Life and Work. The Middle Years, 1923–1945. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1983. —. Martin Buber: His Life and Work: The ...
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