Heschel, Abraham Joshua

Heschel, Abraham Joshua
(1907–73)
   US scholar. A well-known German rabbinical scholar, Heschel settled in the United States in 1940 and taught at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He was recognized as a leading philosopher of Judaism and published a wide range of erudite works. His religious views were set out in two books, Man Is Not Alone (1951) and God in Search of Man (1956). Heschel was active in the struggle for Negro civil rights and was a friend of Dr Martin Luther King. In connection with the declaration on the Catholic Church and the Jews at Vatican II, he carried on discussions with Cardinal Bea and was received by Pope JOHN.

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  • HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA — (1907–1972), U.S. scholar and philosopher, descended on his father s side from and abraham joshua heschel of apta (Opatow); on his mother s side from levi isaac of berdichev . After traditional Jewish studies, he obtained rabbinic ordination… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA BEN JACOB — (d. 1664), talmudic scholar of Lithuania and Poland. His father was rabbi of the community of Brest Litovsk and head of its yeshivah, where Abraham Joshua became a teacher as a young man. In 1630 his father was appointed rabbi of Lublin and head… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Heschel, Abraham Joshua — born 1907, Warsaw, Pol., Russian Empire died Dec. 23, 1972, New York, N.Y., U.S. Polish born U.S. Jewish philosopher and theologian. He studied at the University of Berlin and taught Jewish studies in Germany until he was deported by the Nazis in …   Universalium

  • Heschel, Abraham Joshua — (1907 72)    American theologian. He was educated in Berlin, then in 1938 deported by the Nazis to Poland; he later emigrated to England. From 1940 he taught philosophy and rabbinics at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati; in 1945 he was… …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Heschel, Abraham Joshua — (1907, Varsovia, Polonia, Imperio ruso–23 dic. 1972, New York, N.Y., EE.UU.). Filósofo y teólogo judío estadounidense nacido en Polonia. Estudió en la Universidad de Berlín y dictó cátedra de estudios judaicos en Alemania hasta que fue deportado… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Abraham Joshua Heschel — (* 11. Januar 1907 in Warschau, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 23. Dezember 1972 in New York City) war ein Rabbiner, jüdischer Schriftgelehrter und Religionsphilosoph polnischer Herkunft. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 1.1 Elternhaus und Bildung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Abraham Joshua Heschel — (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Warsaw born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians of the 20th century.BiographyAbraham Joshua Heschel was descended from preeminent European rabbis on both sides of the family. . His …   Wikipedia

  • Abraham Joshua Heschel — est un rabbin Massorti, théologien et grand penseur juif du XXe siècle américain, né le 11 janvier 1907 à Varsovie, alors rattachée à l Empire russe, et décédé à New York le 23 décembre 1972. Sommaire 1 Biographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Abraham Joshua Heschel — (Varsovia, 11 de enero de 1907 Nueva York, 23 de diciembre de 1972) fue un prominente rabino y uno de los principales teólogos judíos del siglo XX. Nacido en Varsovia, se formó en Alemania y escapó del holocausto al poder viajar a Estados Unidos… …   Wikipedia Español

  • ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL OF APTA — (Opatow; d. 1825), Polish Ḥasidic Ẓaddik , known as the Rabbi of Apta. He was the disciple of elimelech of lyzhansk (Lezhaisk) and possibly also of the maggid jehiel michel of Zloczow (Zolocher). He served as rabbi of the communities of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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