Abstract
“There are no proofs for the existence of the God of Abraham,” said Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972). “There are only witnesses.” For countless Jews and Christians, Heschel was, in both his words and his deeds, one of the preeminent witnesses to God in the twentieth century. To commemorate the centennial year of his birth, this article presents of a brief overview of Heschel’s inspiring life and works in the service of God.
Highlights
“Here was a man for whom God was real,” said renowned Protestant theologian Robert McAfee Brown about Abraham Joshua Heschel
Born in Warsaw in 1907, Abraham Joshua Heschel was the descendent, on both paternal and maternal sides of his family, of long lines of rabbis and scholars within the Jewish mystical movement known as Hasidism
Forged in Eastern Europe during the eighteenth century in response to the teaching of Reb Israel ben Eliezer (c. 1690-1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (Master of the Good Name), Hasidism emphasizes the presence of God in daily life and joy as a way of experiencing God
Summary
“Here was a man for whom God was real,” said renowned Protestant theologian Robert McAfee Brown about Abraham Joshua Heschel.
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