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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... man , but our heart tries to obliterate the memories , to calm the nerves , and to silence our conscience . The prophet is a man who feels fiercely . God has thrust a burden upon his soul , and he is bowed and stunned at man's fierce ...
... man , but our heart tries to obliterate the memories , to calm the nerves , and to silence our conscience . The prophet is a man who feels fiercely . God has thrust a burden upon his soul , and he is bowed and stunned at man's fierce ...
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... man , and yet harsh and dreadful can be His wrath . Of what paltry worth is human might - yet human compassion is divinely precious . Ugly though the behavior of man is , yet may man's return to God make of his way a highway of God ...
... man , and yet harsh and dreadful can be His wrath . Of what paltry worth is human might - yet human compassion is divinely precious . Ugly though the behavior of man is , yet may man's return to God make of his way a highway of God ...
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... man's capacity . Exhibiting little understanding for human weakness , he seems unable to extenuate the culpability of man . Who could bear living in a state of disgust day and night ? The conscience builds its confines , is subject to ...
... man's capacity . Exhibiting little understanding for human weakness , he seems unable to extenuate the culpability of man . Who could bear living in a state of disgust day and night ? The conscience builds its confines , is subject to ...
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... man's conscience grows scales : excuses , pretense , self - pity . Guilt may disap- pear ; no crime is absolute , no sin devoid of apology . Within the limits of the human mind , relativity is true and merciful . Yet the mind's scope ...
... man's conscience grows scales : excuses , pretense , self - pity . Guilt may disap- pear ; no crime is absolute , no sin devoid of apology . Within the limits of the human mind , relativity is true and merciful . Yet the mind's scope ...
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... man who does not sin " ( I Kings 8:46 ) . “ Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins " ( Eccles . 7:20 ) . It is with a bitter sense of the tremendous contrast between God's righteousness and man's ...
... man who does not sin " ( I Kings 8:46 ) . “ Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins " ( Eccles . 7:20 ) . It is with a bitter sense of the tremendous contrast between God's righteousness and man's ...
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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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