Abraham Joshua Heschel

ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL was a Polish-born rabbi, theologian, and philosopher who served as Professor of Jewish Ethics and Mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. His books include A Passion for Truth, The Prophets and God in Search of Man.

Heschel earned his doctorate from the University of Berlin and was expelled from Germany during the Nazi persecution, immigrating to the United States in 1940. His other works include Man Is Not Alone and The Sabbath.

When not writing, Heschel was an active participant in the civil rights movement, marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr. This engagement with justice and human dignity runs throughout his theological and philosophical writing.

Heschel died in December 1972.

Abraham Joshua Heschel’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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