Abraham Joshua Heschel belongs to the record of philosophy as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Abraham Joshua Heschel as Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972).
Abraham Joshua Heschel was born at Warsaw in 1907. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
Abraham Joshua Heschel is described as rabbi, philosopher and judaic scholar.
His affiliations include Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
His principal work is God in Search of Man. The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
His work was formally recognised with the Guggenheim Fellowship.
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 1972, at 65. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Notable work: God in Search of Man
- Affiliated with Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums
- Worked as rabbi, philosopher and Judaic scholar
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