Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 544 pages
- Published by: Yale University Press September 28, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0300115407
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0300115406
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Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
- Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Review
"This is a prodigiously researched, sound, and important book. Spiritual Radical is a substantial achievement, a work of love and devotion and real biographical acumen."-Steven Zipperstein, Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History,
Stanford University (Steven Zipperstein )
"This second volume of Kaplan's biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel is an important work by any standard. The care with which it is assembled and the research upon which it is based is truly inspiring. Spiritual Radical is clearly written, insightful, honest."-Adam Seligman, author of Modest Claims, Dialogues and Essays on Tolerance and Tradition (Adam Seligman )
"This religiously contentious world requirements the noble witness of Abraham Joshua Heschel more than ever. Edward K. Kaplan''s lucid and compelling account of Heschel''s life in America is an urgently important book."-James Carroll, author of House of War (James Carroll )
"Kaplan has written a biography that will be appreciated and enjoyed by all those who struggle to be at home in America, and for all those who struggle to be at home with God."-Martin Kavka, Florida State University (Martin Kavka )
"During a time when deep religious belief is so often associated with intolerance and intransigence, it is refreshing to be reminded that Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr., once joined in a prophetic, morally courageous pursuit of peace and social justice."-Clayborne Carson, Director, Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at
Stanford University (Clayborne Carson )
Reader ReviewsThe second volume is even better than the first...Kaplan does not idolize Heschel; he shares the frustrations and shortcomings, but also the richness of his writing, his work and his soul.
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