Abraham Joshua Heschel: Recasting Hasidism for Moderns

Abraham Joshua Heschel sought to rescue the notion of mitzvot tzorekh gavoha from the obscurantism of the mystics and to bring it back to what he believed was its first sourcethe teachings of the prophets of Israel. The missing link in Hesche['s oeuvre--perhaps left unwritten due to his sudden...

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Published in:Modern Judaism 2009-02, Vol.29 (1), p.62-79
Main Author: Green, Arthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Culture
Divinity
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Hasidism
Heschel, Abraham Joshua
Jewish people
Jewish peoples
Judaism
Literary criticism
Minority & ethnic groups
Palaces
Poets
Rabbis
Religious poetry
Sin
Theology
Torah
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Summary:Abraham Joshua Heschel sought to rescue the notion of mitzvot tzorekh gavoha from the obscurantism of the mystics and to bring it back to what he believed was its first sourcethe teachings of the prophets of Israel. The missing link in Hesche['s oeuvre--perhaps left unwritten due to his sudden death--is the step that traces tzorekh gavoha--already extending from Hasidism to RamBaN to Rabbi Akivaback to Isaiah, Amos, and Micah. Heschel's version of prophetic Judaism, including the pathos with which the prophet identifies with the will of God, as an expression of his neo-Hasidism.
ISSN:0276-1114
0887-9982
1086-3273
2164-0041
DOI:10.1093/mj/kjn027