The ProphetsHarper Collins, 2001 M10 16 - 704 páginas Abraham Heschel is a seminal name in religious studies and the author of Man Is Not Alone and God in Search of Man. When The Prophets was first published in 1962, it was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of biblical scholarship. The Prophets provides a unique opportunity for readers of the Old Testament, both Christian and Jewish, to gain fresh and deep knowledge of Israel's prophetic movement. The author's profound understanding of the prophets also opens the door to new insight into the philosophy of religion. |
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... existence : to us , an episode ; to them , a catastrophe , a threat to the world . Their breathless impatience with injustice may strike us as hyste- ria . We ourselves witness continually acts of injustice , manifestations of hypocrisy ...
... existence : to us , an episode ; to them , a catastrophe , a threat to the world . Their breathless impatience with injustice may strike us as hyste- ria . We ourselves witness continually acts of injustice , manifestations of hypocrisy ...
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... existence , cannot be expressed by statistics . The rabbis were not guilty of exag- geration in asserting , " Whoever destroys a single soul should be con- sidered the same as one who has destroyed a whole world . And whoever saves one ...
... existence , cannot be expressed by statistics . The rabbis were not guilty of exag- geration in asserting , " Whoever destroys a single soul should be con- sidered the same as one who has destroyed a whole world . And whoever saves one ...
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... existence . At the very beginning of his career , Ezekiel was told not to entertain any illusions about the effectiveness of his mission : And you , son of man , be not afraid of them , nor be afraid of their words , though briers and ...
... existence . At the very beginning of his career , Ezekiel was told not to entertain any illusions about the effectiveness of his mission : And you , son of man , be not afraid of them , nor be afraid of their words , though briers and ...
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... existence . His sense of election and personal endowment is overshadowed by his sense of a history - shaping power . Jeremiah , for example , was appointed " a prophet to the nations " ( 1 : 5 ) . He was told : See , I have set you this ...
... existence . His sense of election and personal endowment is overshadowed by his sense of a history - shaping power . Jeremiah , for example , was appointed " a prophet to the nations " ( 1 : 5 ) . He was told : See , I have set you this ...
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... existence of the God of Abraham . There are only witnesses . The greatness of the prophet lies not only in the ideas he expressed , but also in the moments he experienced . The prophet is a witness , and his words a testimony - to His ...
... existence of the God of Abraham . There are only witnesses . The greatness of the prophet lies not only in the ideas he expressed , but also in the moments he experienced . The prophet is a witness , and his words a testimony - to His ...
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Isa 139 | 76 |
Micah | 124 |
Jeremiah | 130 |
Habakkuk | 178 |
Second Isaiah | 184 |
The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath | 358 |
Ira Dei | 383 |
Religion of Sympathy | 393 |
Prophecy and Ecstasy | 414 |
The Theory of Ecstasy | 428 |
An Examination of the Theory of Ecstasy | 448 |
Prophecy and Poetic Inspiration | 468 |
Prophecy and Psychosis | 498 |
History | 202 |
Chastisement | 238 |
Justice | 249 |
The Theology of Pathos | 285 |
Comparisons and Contrasts | 299 |
The Philosophy of Pathos | 318 |
Anthropopathy | 344 |
Explanations of Prophetic Inspiration | 524 |
Event and Experience | 545 |
Prophets Throughout the World | 572 |
Prophet Priest and King | 606 |
Conclusions | 618 |
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