The Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel
SergiuSimmel
Twentieth century's great Jewish thought leader
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL had, according to a recent
article by his student and Brandeis Professor Dr.
Reuven Kimelman, a unifying vision about Jewish
theology:
"Much of academic Jewish scholarship finds
conflicts between biblical Judaism and the
rabbinic Judaism of late antiquity as well as
between rabbinic Judaism and later Kabbalistic-
Hasidic teaching. The academic consensus sets up
dichotomies between the legal and the spiritual
and between the rational and the mystical.
Heschel instead integrates biblical, rabbinic,
and Kabbalistic sources into a unified vision of
God’s continuing dialogue with the people of
Israel. Indeed, Heschel’s scholarship, rightly
understood, is inseparable from his theology, for
his scholarship seeks to re-create the dialogue
of the Jewish people with God."
This paragraph is an extract from Dr. Kimelman's
recent article titled THE THEOLOGY OF ABRAHAM
JOSHUA HESCHEL, and published in the latest issue
of the FIRST THINGS JOURNAL.
As a gift to you and to introduce Reuven
Kimelman's precise, informative and greatly
synthetic writing and teaching, I have obtained
the publisher's permission for you to enjoy this
powerful article. Simply go to:
http://www.MoralBible.com/KimelmanOnHeschel/PG
to gain access.
Enjoy,
Sergiu Simmel
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