{"title":"Abraham Joshua Heschel","description":"\u003cp\u003eABRAHAM 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 \u003cem\u003eA Passion for Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Prophets\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGod in Search of Man\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeschel 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 \u003cem\u003eMan Is Not Alone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sabbath\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeschel died in December 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbraham Joshua Heschel’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-passion-for-truth","title":"A Passion for Truth (A Jewish Lights Classic Reprint)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Heschel's last statement on despair and hope in Hasidism as he experienced it himself through study of the Baal Shem Tov and the Kotzker, whose life and thought is dramatically depicted in this book.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Prof. Fritz A. Rothschild, The Jewish Theological Seminary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is comparatively easy to preach joy and fervor, but to demand Truth is like shaping marble without tools. And so [the Kotzker] went looking for a few surging people and called loudly upon their souls to bend their conceit and see the Truth beneath the soil....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was not a philosophical inquiry into the nature of Truth but a scrutiny of men’s lives in relation to Truth. Religion, the Kotzker maintained, was not simply an act of adopting a system of beliefs and certain modes of conduct; test and trial were needed, and one had to ascertain through introspection whether one’s beliefs were genuine or not, and whether one acted out Truth or lived a life of pretense....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKierkegaard made it his task “to reintroduce Christianity into Christendom.” The Kotzker sought to reintroduce authenticity to Jewish life. Kierkegaard’s posthumous impact has been powerful. But has the Kotzker affected Jewish self-understanding? \u003cbr\u003e—from \u003ci\u003eA Passion for Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1879045419\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781879045415\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Abraham Joshua Heschel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43252429062360,"sku":"9781879045415","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43252429095128,"sku":"9781681629643","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/passionfortruth_FC_mockup_v2_1665501319_a4ccbb59-86d0-457b-ac37-8e842225ca54.jpg?v=1791044998"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-abraham-joshua-heschel.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}