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Author Kaplan, Edward K., 1942-

Title Holiness in words : Abraham Joshua Heschel's poetics of piety / Edward K. Kaplan.

Publication Info. West Fulton, NY : State University of New York Press, [1996]
©1996

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  296.3 H583K    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 213 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series in Judaica
SUNY series in Judaica.
Contents Foreword / Michael Fishbane -- I. Abraham Joshua Heschel in America: Theologian, Zaddik, Prophetic Voice -- II. A Reading Strategy: Empathy with Critical Awareness -- III. The Divine Perspective: Learning to Think Religiously -- IV. Language and Reality: Toward a Poetics of Faith -- V. Mysticism and Despair: The Threshold of Revelation -- VI. Sacred Versus Symbolic Religion: Social Science or God's Will? -- VII. Prophetic Radicalism: Sacred Humanism and Social Action -- VIII. Confronting the Holocaust: God in Exile -- IX. Metaphor and Miracle: Modern Judaism and the Holy Spirit -- X. Heschel's Unfinished Symphony: Reverence, Dismay, and Exaltation -- Appendix A: Study Guide -- Appendix B: Heschel in Germany.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-202) and index.
Subject Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972.
ISBN 0791428672 hardcover alkaline paper
9780791428672 hardcover alkaline paper
0791428680 paperback alkaline paper
9780791428689 paperback alkaline paper
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