| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 114 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Shimon Gesundheit, Foreword to English Edition; Daniel R. Schwartz, Translator's Preface; Author's Foreword; Introduction: On the Nature of the Biblical Message; Chapter I. The Rational; Psychology versus Philosophy; Interpreting Dualistic Man; Freedom -- The Basis of the Biblical Message; Justice (zedek and mishpat); Love (zedakah); The Kingdom of God; Chapter II. The New Self; Humility; Fear of God; Chapter III. The Transcendent; Holiness; Chapter IV. The Transformed View of Man in Apocryphal Literature |
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Chapter V. On Early Judaism's Rejection of Ancient PhilosophyAppendix 1: A Jewish Interpretation of Christmas?; Appendix 2: Adler and Heschel on Theology and Anthropology; About the Author |
| Summary |
The Biblical View of Man argues cogently that the Bible is more about human beings than about God and insists that, in the biblical view, what human beings need is not so much wisdom or grace but rather their own free will to fulfill the obligations that a loving God has bestowed upon them in order to allow them to prove and improve themselves. According to Rabbi Leo Adler, the exercise of such free will, rather than implying a lack of need for God, actually requires a firm commitment to God. First published in German in 1965, this engaging interpretation of the Bible appears in English for the first time |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2014 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Theological anthropology -- Biblical teaching
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Theological anthropology -- Biblical teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789655241792 |
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9655241793 |
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