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Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Poetics of Piety

Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Poetics of Piety

Kaplan, Edward K.

Paperback

Series: Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

Judaism

ISBN10: 0791428680
ISBN13: 9780791428689
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Mar 14 1996
Pages: 213
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A strategy for reading Heschel's major works, as well as a new route to understanding religious writing in general: a lucid study of modern religious and ethical thought using literary criticism.

Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Poetics of Piety is both an introduction to reading Heschel's works in English, and an in-depth study of the way his literary style can transform the consciousness of readers. Heschel's life and works respond to the contemporary crisis in religion, formulating positions on faith and despair, racism and social justice, the Holocaust, interreligious dialogue, and the availability of God's presence. We study Heschel's theory and use of literary language, his poetics of piety, in order to elucidate his narrative strategy to teach God-centered (or prophetic) thinking.

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