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Title	:	God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
Author	:	Abraham Joshua Heschel
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 437 pages
Published	:	June 1st 1976 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1955)
Categories	:	Religion. Judaism. Philosophy. Literature. Jewish. Theology. Nonfiction. Judaica

God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Paperback | Pages: 437 pages

Rating: 4.37 | 1332 Users | 74 Reviews

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Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and God in Search of Man and its companion volume, Man Is Not Alone, two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. God in Search of Man combines scholarship with lucidity, reverence, and compassion as Dr. Heschel discusses not man's search for God but God's for man--the notion of a Chosen People, an idea which, he writes, "signifies not a quality inherent in the people but a relationship between the people and God." It is an extraordinary description of the nature of Biblical thought, and how that thought becomes faith.

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Original Title:	God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
ISBN:	0374513317 (ISBN13: 9780374513313)

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This book took me a while to read, not because it is obtuse, but because it is so rich. I had to take a while to digest each part and "chew the cud". I am not a Jew, but a Gentile believer in Hashem (Christian), so my perspective in reading is not one of self-definition but of relation. As we Gentile believers have been 'grafted into God's olive tree (Israel)'[Rom 11:24], we should be able to celebrate our root and profess our commonalities.All too often, we Christians have instead stumbled over

This is easily one of my favorite books I have ever read. It took me nearly over half a year to read not because of difficulty but because I didn't want it to end. As a friend told me I would, I struggled with not underlining EVERYTHING. There was a slow bit in the introduction and a slow bit toward the end, but slow only because I am not as well-versed in philosophy as I should be to understand it all. This will easily go down as one of the most influential, meaningful, and powerful books I've

It's probably worth 4.5 stars rather than 4. But alas . . . . not quite as good as "The Prophets," but still very awesome and inspiring. My one complaint with Heschel - and it's very minor - is that sometimes it's hard to detect a single train of thought woven throughout a book, keeping everything as a systematic whole. Oh, and also, with his works being so long, he seems to repeat himself rather frequently - both within a work, and within multiple works.But I absolutely love this man and feel

I agree with the review from TIME: "subtitled 'A Philosophy of Judaism,' but it speaks to all those for whom the Bible is a holy book."And with The Boston Globe: "One of the most compelling books about being human that has been written in this century."

It took me a couple days to write a review of this book, because I have had a hard time sorting out what I think about it. It's beautiful, intricate, winding, cohesive, dense... so many things. Heschel provides a rich Jewish mystical theology that explores God, God's revelation to man, and man's response to God. Every page contains something stirring and profound. A proper reading should take a while -- there is a lot to absorb and this book deserves full attention.I have only two caveats to my

Beginning with the first page of this book, I was hooked on Heschel. In one paragraph, he summed up my thoughts on the religious experience and the problems with religion in modern society.It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is

I'd been warned that this book was hard sledding and that I'd almost surely never make it all the way through.I fought that warning. I denied it. But, finally, I've come to terms with the fact that it's true: I'm almost surely never going to pick this back up and I should stop pretending that I'm going to do so. It's just not going to happen.Rabbi Heschel was a giant. His thoughts are intriguing. His influence enormous. But this book wasn't exactly written by him -- it's a reconstruction by his