God in Search of Man : A Philosophy of Judaism

God in Search of Man combines scholarship with lucidity, reverence, and compassion as Dr.

Heschel discusses not man's search for God but God's for man--the notion of a Chosen People, an idea which, he writes, "signifies not a quality inherent in the people but a relationship between the people and God." It is an extraordinary description of the nature of Biblical thought, and how that thought becomes faith.

Read more Amazon.com Review God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism is among Abraham Joshua Heschel's most comprehensive studies of the Jewish religion.

It is a work of impeccable scholarship conveyed with absolute clarity, in a spirit of utmost reverence and compassion.