The classic work on the Old Testament prophets by a major twentieth-century scholar. The Prophets provides a unique opportunity for readers of the Old Testament, both Christian and Jewish, to gain fresh and deep knowledge of Israel’s prophetic movement. The author’s profound understanding of the prophets also opens the door to new insight into the philosophy of bltadwin.ru: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. The late Abraham Joshua Heschel () was one of the great Orthodox Jewish scholars, theologians, and philosophers of his generation. His books made a striking impression on many people, including me. His many insights are eye opening. His book “The Prophets” is one of his classics/5. From the author of Man is Not Alone and God in Search of Man, comes Abraham Heschel's masterpiece of Biblical scholarship, The Prophets. The Prophets provides a unique opportunity for readers of the Old Testament, both Christian and Jewish, to gain fresh and deep knowledge of Israel’s prophetic movement/5().
The Prophets by Abraham J. Heschel is a book written for both Jews and Christians. The author describes the prophetic era in the Old Testament Bible and also gives some details to many of the prophets themselves. In addition Heschel details the driving forces behind the prophets and the reasons why they were different from other followers of God. The Prophets by Heschel, Abraham Joshua, Publication date Topics Bible, Bible, Bible, Prophets, Prophets Publisher New York, Harper Row Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language. Abraham Heschel was an Orthodox Jewish scholar who was born in Warsaw and fled the Nazi regime, ending in the United States. The Prophets is an expanded English translation of his German doctoral thesis, first published in Both volumes are here conveniently reprinted in a single volume, marking the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
The prophet seldom tells a story, but casts events. He rarely sings, but castigates. He does more than translate reality into a poetic key: he is a preacher whOle purpose is not self-expression or "the purgation of emu tiow," butcommunication. His images must not shine, they must bwn. The prophet is intent 0;' intensifying responsibility, is. Abraham Heschel was an Orthodox Jewish scholar who was born in Warsaw and fled the Nazi regime, ending in the United States. The Prophets is an expanded English translation of his German doctoral thesis, first published in Both volumes are here conveniently reprinted in a single volume, marking the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Heschel sees an urgent need for prophets and prophecy in today's world. He said the things that horrified the prophets are even now daily occurrences all over the world. In examining the prophecies of Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Nathan, c, he discerns the common strands of the word of God in all that they said and did, and teaches the reader how to discern similar prophetic aspects in today's world.
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