Abraham Joshua Heschel after twenty-five years. (interpreter of Jewish prayer)

From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Abraham Joshua Heschel is regarded as the greatest contemporary interpreter of Jewish prayer. He has presented an unconventional notion of a prayer where the structure of prayer book and the spontaneity of the heart are equally taken into account. Heschel believes that people who pray should ask for what they need, as well as, create what is being asked. He also believes that these principles embody a Jewish prayer.

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