A biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, tracing his life from Warsaw to the US, rooted in Hasidic culture.
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A biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, tracing his life from Warsaw to the US, rooted in Hasidic culture.
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This is the first volume of the first biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the outstanding Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. Edward K. Kaplan and Samuel H. Dresner trace Heschel's life from his birth in Warsaw in 1907 to his emigration to the United States in 1940, describing his roots in Hasidic culture, his experiences in Poland and Germany, and his relations with Martin Buber. ?This first volume of a remarkable biography of one of the greatest Jewish thinkers and social activis...
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Minor references to historical violence likely due to context of war and persecution.
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Central focus on Jewish theology, Hasidic culture, and spiritual life of Heschel.
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Moderate focus on social activism and moral commitment in historical context.
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