Focusing on the idea of transcendence–or the movement from self-centeredness to God-centeredness–Held puts Heschel into dialogue with contemporary Jewish thinkers, Christian theologians, devotional writers, and philosophers of religion.

A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice

The last work of a beloved leader. Abraham Joshua Heschel sets Soren Kierkegaard, Christian existentialist philosopher, and Hasidic masters Menahem Mendl and the Baal Shem Tov in conversation about despair…

Abraham Joshua Heschel was the towering religious figure of American Jewry in the twentieth century. In Interfaith Activism, Harold Kasimow, who is known for his work on Heschel and on…

This book elaborates on Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel’s contribution to religion in general and Judaism in particular. Examines his concern with ‘leap of action’ vs ‘leap of faith’.

This first collection of Heschel’s essays - compiled, edited and with an introduction by his daughter Susannah Heschel, is a stunning reminder of the virtuosity of one of the most…

Known for his role in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel made major scholarly contributions to the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, medieval Jewish…

Abraham Joshua Heschel, descended from a long line of Orthodox rabbis, fled Europe to escape the Nazis. He made the insights of traditional Jewish spirituality come alive for American Jews…