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Abraham Joshua Heschel was a renowned rabbi and Jewish scholar, born on January 11, 1907, and passed away on December 23, 1972. He had a profound impact on religious philosophy, Jewish theology, and moral ethics.

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Famous Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”

Prayer Answers Surprise Humble

Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

“There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate, to answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.”

Men Way Moments Certain Answers Consciousness Mystery Awareness Gratitude Built Grandeur Compatible Owing Reciprocate Indebtedness

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

“It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?”

Knows Want Enough Seems Faces Asks Answers Know How Questions And Answers Answering Questions

Book:Who is Man?

Source: Who is Man?

“We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.”

Thinking Answers Asking Asking Questions

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

“There is no answer to Auschwitz...To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair, to sense a ray of God's radiance in the jungles of history.”

Trying Answers Bears Despair Israel Supreme Commit Radical Rays Holocaust Agony Jungle Blasphemy Radiance Auschwitz

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

“Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.”

Giving May Art Philosophy Problem Answers Awareness Solutions Asking Defined Disguise Right Questions Asking The Right Questions

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

About the Author

Born: January 11, 1907
Died: December 23, 1972
Known for: Rabbi
Quotes: 176

Books & Sources

Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: EssaysRelated source material

God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of JudaismRelated source material

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Insecurity of FreedomRelated source material

Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of ReligionRelated source material

I Asked for Wonder: A Spiritual AnthologyRelated source material

The SabbathRelated source material

A Passion for TruthRelated source material

Thunder in the Soul: To Be Known By GodRelated source material

No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious DialogueRelated source material

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