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Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel's Poetics of Piety (Suny Series in Judaica : Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion) by Edward K. Kaplan; Professor of French and Comparative Literature Edward K Kaplan is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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A strategy for reading Heschel's major works, as well as a new route to understanding religious writing in a lucid study of modern religious and ethical thought using literary criticism. "A brilliant, and at the same time, moving, and deeply personal interpretation of the works of one of the greatest religious thinkers of this century. By skillfully analyzing Heschel's rhetoric and mastery of language--his 'poetics of faith'--Edward Kaplan acts as a guide to Heschel's writings for the specialist as well as the general reader, for Jew as well as non-Jew. Holiness in Words enables us to see that what Heschel wrote of scripture applies to his own '...the words became a live wire charged with His spirit.'" -- Eva Fleischner, Professor Emerita, Montclair State University "Once again--and in a new way--the theological and moral nuances of Heschel's spiritual passion can be heard. Kaplan has set our ear to sounds long-forgotten or never known. His work is no deposit of academic travail, but exemplifies scholarship as service in the highest sense. "A lifetime of listening has gone into the making of this book. Over many years, Edward Kaplan has contributed careful and perceptive studies on

Author

Edward K. Kaplan; Professor of French and Comparative Literature Edward K Kaplan

Publisher

State University of New York Press; State Univ of New York Pr

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791428689

Subjects

Religion, Judaism