Philosopher

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Overview

Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was a leader in the U.S. civil rights movement.

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Ideas Abraham Joshua Heschel discusses

• Frankfurt
• Hebrew language
• Yeshiva
• Judaism
• Jewish philosophy
• Kabbalah
• London
• Los Angeles
• Middle Ages
• Rabbi Akiva
• Maimonides
• Mishnah
• Monotheism
• Influenza
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Mordecai Kaplan
• Nazi Germany
• African Americans
• Orthodox Judaism
• Poland
• Reform Judaism
• Revelation
• Stanford University
• Second Vatican Council

Place in the tradition

Part of Jewish philosophy.

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