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Known most widely for his role in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel made major scholarly contributions to the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, medieval Jewish philosophy, Hasidism, and mysticism. Yet his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-volume study of Rabbinic Judaism, is only now appearing in English. Heschel's great insight is that the world of rabbinic thought can be divided into two types or schools, those of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael, and that the historic disputes between the two are based on fundamental differences over the nature of revelation and religion. Furthermore, this disagreement constitutes a basic and necessary ongoing polarity within Judaism between immanence and transcendence, mysticism and rationalism, neo-Platonism and Aristotelianism. Heschel then goes on to show how these two fundamental theologies of revelation may be used to interpret a great number of topics central to Judaism.


his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-volume study of Rabbinic Judaism, is only now appearing in English.

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"'This is a splendid translation of a pivotal work. Tucker and Levin make the intricacies of Heschel's thoughts understandable to the reader.' Shamash Book of the Month, July 2006 'The translators have skilfully transformed Heschel's complex study of the doctrine of "Devine revelation," into an accessible text for students and scholars alike. The translation itself is clear and avoids archaic renditions of difficult texts. Importantly, the translators are careful to remain faithful to Heschel's original Hebrew work."

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his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-volume study of Rabbinic Judaism, is only now appearing in English.
Foreword by Susannah Heschel xvi
Preface and Acknowledgments xx
Genesis of This Translation
xx
Formal and Structural Characteristics of Torah min Hashamayim
xxii
Notes on the Content of Torah min Hashamayim
xxvi
Notes on Translating Torah min Hashamayim
xxx
The Structure of This Edition
xxxii
Acknowledgments
xxxii
1 Introduction
1
Human Ways and Divine Ways
1
Observe God's Works
4
Beyond the Boundaries of Halakhah
6
Do You Desire to Know the One Who Spoke and the World Came into Being?
9
Desist from Aggadah
12
The Fashion of Babylonia and the Fashion of the Land of Israel
1
The Small Matter: These Are the Debates of Abbaye and Rava
17
We Do Not Regard the Aggadah as Authoritative
21
This Aggadah Is Pleasing, and This Aggadah Is Not Pleasing
22
Like Poetic Metaphors
29
Superior Aggadot—Mystifying Aggadot
27
A Profile of Rabbi Ishmael
29
Two Philosophical Methods
32
Rabbi Akiva's Victory
42
2 Two Approaches to Torah Exegesis
Translator's Introduction
46
The Torah Speaks in Human Language
47
Things Not Revealed to Moses Were Revealed to Rabbi Akiva
50
Two Approaches to the Essence of Torah
54
The Exoteric and Esoteric Personalities
56
A Restrained Faith—And a Gaze through the Heavenly Lens
59
Could There Be Anything That Is Not Hinted At in the Torah
61
3 Miracles
65
Translator's Introduction
65
Marvelous Deeds
66
Miracle of Manna
68
4 The Tabernacle and the Sacrifices
71
Translator's Introduction
71
The Imperative That Undergirds All the Mitzvot
73
The Command Concerning the Tabernacle Followed the Sin of the Golden Calf
76
Why Sacrifices?
82
The Value of Sacrifices
86
The Advantage of Sacrifices
87
Worship in the Temple
88
The Debate over the Purpose of Sacrifices
90
5 The Abode of the Shekhinah
93
Translator's Introduction
93
The Shekhinah in the West, or Everywhere?
94
From Where Did the Shekhinah Speak to Moses?
98
The Cherubim
100
6 Teachings concerning the Shekhinah
104
Translator's Introduction
104
Redemption Is Mine and Yours
105
The Exile of the Shekhinah
108
Ani Va-Ho Hoshi'a Na
110
We Need Each Other
111
Does God Really Need Support?
114
If My People Does Not Enthrone Me on Earth
116
Heavenly Afflictions
118
Make Atonement for Me
121
A Defect in the Work of Creation
123
7 Afflictions
127
Translator's Introduction
127
Let a Person Rejoice More in Affliction Than in Fortune
130
All That the Holy and Blessed One Does Is for Good
133
Who Is like You, Who Sees the Humiliation of Your Children and Remains Silent?
135
The Advantage of Afflictions
138
Can This Be Torah and Its Reward?
140
8 Torah and Life
144
Translator's Introduction
144
They Loved You—Unto Death
145
That One May Live by Them—And Not Die by Them
148
Between the Extremes
149
The Torah Speaks of Worldly Ways
153
They Neglect Eternal Life and Busy Themselves with Temporal Life
155
The Pleasures of This World
160
Happy Is the World over Which the Holy and Blessed One Rules
165
9 In Awe and Trembling
168
Translator's Introduction
168
Even to the Great Deep
169
Mitzvah's Reward
173
A Net Is Spread over All the Living
175
Repentance and Atonement
179
Did They Believe—Or Not?
184
10 Duties of the Heart 189
Translator's Introduction
189
Cleaving to God (Devekut)
190
Love of God (Ahavah)
193
My Beloved Is Mine and I Am His
195
Mitzvot Dependent on the Heart
200
Intention (Kavanah)
204
Study and Deed
205
11 Issues of Supreme Importance 208
Translator's Introduction
208
Decrees or Mercy?
209
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Choice
216
The Ultimate Wonder
219
12 Scriptural Language Not Befitting God's Dignity 223
Translator's Introduction
223
Can Such a Thing Be Said?
224
Were It Not Written, We Could Not Say It!
231
Hard to Say, and Impossible to Explain
235
13 The Language of Torah 239
Translator's Introduction
239
Does the Torah Lack Chronological Order?
240
"You Just Don't Know How to Interpret It!"
243
The Torah Uses Hyperbole
246
Human Beings Speak in the Language of the Torah
248
The Method of Plain-Sense Interpretation (Peshat)
251
Homily and Plain Sense (Derash and Peshat)
254
Plain Sense and Mystical Allegory (Peshat and Sod)
256
14 Transcendental and Terrestrial Perspectives 259
Translator's Introduction
259
The Doctrine of God's Image
261
Earthly Beings Have Supernal Prototypes
264
Transcendental and Terrestrial Perspectives
267
Reasons for the Mitzvot
270
Torah in Heaven and Earth
274
15 Go 'round the Orchard! 279
Translator's Introduction
279
Rabbi Akiva Was Worthy to See the Glory
280
The Way of Prophecy and the Way of Apocalypse
286
They Sought to Suppress the Book of Ezekiel
288
Did God Reveal the Heavenly Secrets to Abraham or Moses?
290
The Prophet Hears, the Apocalyptist Sees
293
God Showed Them with a Finger
295
16 Beholding the Face of God 299
Translator's Introduction
299
Your Face I Will Seek
300
"For No Mortal Can See Me and Live"
303
Did Moses Indeed See God's Image?
305
"He Saw God's Image Immediately"
307
Moses and the Angels
309
"We Wish to See Our King!"
309
At the Sea, the Handmaid Saw What Ezekiel Did Not
311
The Sin of Sinai
312
The Debate in the Period of the Amoraim
314
Did the Israelites See God's Glory?
315
Whoever Sees the Divine Presence Does Not Die
317
Moses' Request in the Perspective of the Middle Ages
318
17 The Torah That Is in Heaven 321
Translator's Introduction
321
Torah: Heaven's Daughter
322
Torah Was Brought Down from Heaven
324
Primordial Torah
325
Books in Heaven
328
Tablets Written and Set Aside since the Days of Creation
330
Torah Written in Heaven
331
The Torah Is Fire
333
Heavenly Tablets
334
The Idea of the Preexistence of the Torah in the Middle Ages
336
18 Moses' Ascent to Heaven 341
Translator's Introduction
341
Rabbi Akiva's View: Moses Was in Heaven
342
Moses Ascended to Heaven
343
"You Ascended to Heaven, You Took Spoils"
345
The Ascent of Enoch
347
Moses Did Not Ascend to Heaven
350
How Could a Person Ascend to Heaven?
351
Rabbi Ishmael: Moses Buried Himself
353
Elijah's Ascent
354
The Soul's Ascent
356
19 The Descent of the Divine Glory 358
Translator's Introduction
358
Did the Divine Glory Indeed Descend?
359
The Importance of the Question
360
The Controversy Continues
362
Descent of the Shekhinah in History
364
20 Torah from Heaven 368
Translator's Introduction
368
The Entire Torah at Divine Behest
369
Torah
370
Torah (Without Specification) Means Ten Commandments
371
"From Heaven"
373
The One Who Says, "Torah Was Not Given from Heaven"
375
Broadening the Concept
376
The Broadening of the Concept in Rabbi Akiva's School
378
"He Has Spurned the Word of the Lord"—Refers to Idolatry
380
An "Alternate Tradition" Extends the Concept Further
382
Maimonides' Ruling
384
21 The Sectarians 387
Translator's Introduction
387
Four Kinds of Unbelievers
388
The Denials of Japheth in the Tents of Shem
390
One Who Says, "There Is No Torah from Heaven"
392
So They Should Not Say, "These Alone Are from Sinai"
394
He Said, "He Ought Not to Have Written in the Torah..."
396
One Who Says, "Moses Said It on His Own"
399
Deniers of the Torah
402
"It Seems to Us That Moses Forged the Torah"
404
22 Moses Did Things on His Own Authority 407
Translator's Introduction
407
Sources of the Statement
408
He Separated Himself from His Wife
409
He Shattered the Tablets
411
He Added an Additional Day
411
He Separated Himself from the Tent of Meeting
412
Other Versions
413
"Thus Says the Lord: Toward Midnight..."
416
"The Holy and Blessed One Never Told Him"
418
"I Call Heaven and Earth to Witness for Me That the Holy and Blessed One Did Not Speak to Him So"
420
23 Two Methods of Understanding "Thus Says the Lord" 423
Translator's Introduction
423
The Meaning of the Phrase "Thus Says the Lord"
424
"Thus"—In the Holy Tongue
428
"And Where Did He So Speak?"
430
Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah and Rabbi Eleazar the Modaite
432
Philo' s Approach
435
24 Is It Possible That It Was on His Own Say-so 439
Translator's Introduction
439
Moses Acted on His Own Authority
439
Moses Acted on His Own, and the Holy and Blessed One Did Not Agree with Him
443
Continuation of the Polemics in the Period of the Amoraim
444
Prophets Drawing A Fortiori Inferences
447
In the Language of Prophecy
449
25 The Book of Deuteronomy 451
Translator's Introduction
451
Moses Delivered the Curses in Deuteronomy by His Own Mouth
452
Moses Spoke the Book of Deuteronomy by His Own Mouth
454
The Blessings in Deuteronomy
456
Whoever Says That Moses Admonished the Israelites on His Own Authority Is But a Sinner
457
He Admonished Them on Instructions from on High
460
"Not on My Own Do I Tell You This"
461
"They Were Trebled in the Steppes of Moab from on High"
462
"In the Steppes of Moab Nothing New Save the Terms of the Covenant Were Given to Him"
464
The Book of Deuteronomy—Moses' Words
467
"These Are" Excludes What Comes Before
469
Further Reflections on the Subject
470
The Shekhinah Speaks from within His Voice Box
473
The Book of Deuteronomy as "Writings"
475
The Story of Balaam Was Spoken as from His Own Mouth
477
26 Is the Prophet a Partner or a Vessel? 478
Translator's Introduction
478
As Clay in the Hand of the Potter
479
Each Person Is Addressed as Befits His Ability
481
A Partner in the Act of Prophecy
484
"You Have Spoken Well, You Have Taught Me"
489
"His Thoughts Agreed with God's Thoughts"
491
"See How Great Moses' Power Is"
493
No Two Prophets Prophesy with the Same Symbolism
496
A Partner in the Writing of the Torah
497
27 "See, How Great Was Moses' Power!" 502
Translator's Introduction
502
Moses' Stature
503
Even Moses Did Not Attain Perfection
505
The Righteous Govern God's Actions
507
"I Want You to Triumph Over Me!"
509
Elijah on Mount Carmel
510
Prophecy of the Sages
512
The Power of the Court
515
28 Moses' Prophecy 517
Translator's Introduction
517
"Mouth to Mouth"
517
From the Divine Mouth
519
Not through an Angel(?)
520
Moses' Prophecy and Balaam's Prophecy
524
The Supernal Glory Speaks to God's Self
528
The Shekhinah Speaks from within Moses' Voicebox
530
Did the Holy Spirit Rest Only on Moses?
532
Has the Holy Spirit Left Me?
533
For Thirty-Eight Years the Holy and Blessed One Did Not Speak to Moses
535
29 How the Torah Was Written 538
Translator's Introduction
538
The Dictation Theory and the Transcription Theory
538
All the Commandments Written on Tablets
542
The Torah Written on Stelas
544
The Holy and Blessed One Wrote the Torah
545
How Many Torah Scrolls Did Moses Write?
548
30 The Maximalist and Minimalist Approaches 552
Translator's Introduction
552
Halakhot That Eluded Moses
553
A Halakhah Given to Moses from Sinai
558
Even What a Diligent Student Will Teach in the Future
563
The Scroll of Esther
568
More Than What Was Spoken to Moses at Sinai
571
They Did Not Say Even a Small Thing on Their Own
573
Things Not Revealed to Moses
576
Not All of the Torah Was Given to Him
581
All of Them Received Their Share from Sinai
584
Moses Uttered All of the Prophets' Words as well as His Own
587
31 The Maximalist Approach to the Principle "Torah from Heaven" 589
Even One Word, Even One Letter
589
Could the Torah Be Missing a Single Letter?
592
Changes in the Text of Scripture
595
Variants in "Ptolemy's Torah"
601
The Text Euphemized—"Scribal Emendations"
603
The King's Scroll, and the Words on the Stones
607
32 The Minimalist Approach to the Principle "Torah from Heaven" 610
The Last Eight Verses
610
The Last Twelve Verses
618
The Pericope of the "Cities of Refuge"
620
The Portion Ha'azinu
622
The Torah Given Scroll by Scroll
626
The Book of the Covenant
631
The Beggar's Wisdom
633
Individual Views
638
33 Lost Books 641
Translator's Introduction
641
The Prophecy of Eldad and Medad
642
Apocryphal Books
646
The Book of Genesis Prior to Moses
650
The Great Hallel (Psalm 136)
653
The Books of Balaam and Job
654
Moses Did Not Transmit Everything
656
34 It Is Not in the Heavens 658
Translator's Introduction
658
It Is Not in the Heavens
659
Without Sages There Is No Torah
663
The Sages Finish and Complete the Torah
666
The Heavenly in the Torah
666
Lest You Forget
669
On This Very Day
670
A Mighty Voice, and No More//A Mighty Voice without End
671
Timna Was a Concubine
672
The Entire Torah Has a Single Subject
675
The Unity of the Torah
677
35 Renewal of Torah 680
Translator's Introduction
680
Wisdom's Surrogate
681
Renewal of Torah
684
The Lord Releases Prohibitions
686
Changes in Halakhah
689
Will the Commandments be Nullified in the Age to Come?
693
Medieval (and Hasidic) Echoes of the Debate on the Renewal of Torah
696
36 Both These and These Are the Words of the Living God 701
Translator's Introduction
701
One Thing God Has Spoken, Two Things Have I Heard
702
One Who Is Blind in One Eye Is Exempt from the Pilgrimage
708
What Is Revealed and What Is Concealed
710
Disagreements among the Sages
711
Ad Hoc Rulings on Biblical Law
714
Happy Are Those Who Rule Stringently—Happy Are Those Who Rule Leniently
716
37 Against Multiplying Rules 720
Translator's Introduction
720
Whoever Adds, Detracts
722
Against Multiplying Rules
725
Tannaim and Amoraim
729
Against Those Who Are Stringent
731
Stringencies of Vigor
736
It Is Time to Act for the Lord
736
38 Stringencies and Leniencies 740
Beloved Are Prohibitions
740
I Have Imposed Many Decrees on Myself
744
In Derogation of Those Who are Lenient
745
Those Who Fear to Rule
748
Stringencies Proliferate
750
Against Breachers of the Fence
753
39 Former and Latter Authorities 757
If the Former Were as Angels...
757
The Dictum of the Master and the Dictum of the Student
759
Later Is Better
761
The Law Follows the Later Authority
766
40 Theology in the Legal Literature 770
41 Interpersonal Relationships 777
Between One Party and Another
777
Social Responsibility
779
Ways of Peace and Pleasantness
780
A Scoundrel within the Bounds of the Torah
782
Human Dignity
787
Appendixes 789
1. Abbreviations
789
2. Rabbinic Authorities of the Mishnah and Talmud (Tannaim and Amoraim)
790
3. Medieval and Modern Authorities
795
4. Primary Literary Sources
803
5. Glossary of Terms
808
6. Principal Secondary Works Cited
813
Gordon Tucker is senior rabbi of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, NY, and adjunct assistant professor of Jewish philosophy at Jewish Theological Center, New York. He is the editor and translator of Heavenly Torah as Refracted through the Generations by Abraham Joshua Heschel.