God in Search of Man

God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism (1955):

This book examines the dynamics of the human-divine relationship. Heschel explores the ways in which individuals can encounter God through prayer, ethical living, and religious commitment.

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He offered me an urgency that I hadn't felt in my Judaism before then. Rabbi Jill Jacobs Heschel's ideas about prophecy, radical amazement, and communal responsibility have inspired me for decades. Rabbi Dan Orenstein I may not have been an actual classroom student of Heschel's, but I could, and did, stand on his shoulders.   Rabbi Jim Rudin