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Adler Leo |
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The Biblical view of man / / Leo Adler ; translated from the German by Daniel R. Schwartz ; foreword by Shimon Gesundheit |
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Jerusalem, Israel : , : Urim Publications, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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965-7108-96-9 |
965-524-179-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (145 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theological anthropology - Biblical teaching |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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