03036nam 2200577 450 991078791760332120230807204514.0965-7108-96-9965-524-179-3(CKB)2670000000576702(EBL)1848444(SSID)ssj0001367519(PQKBManifestationID)12596554(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001367519(PQKBWorkID)11427041(PQKB)11371023(MiAaPQ)EBC1848444(Au-PeEL)EBL1848444(CaPaEBR)ebr10989935(CaONFJC)MIL663001(OCoLC)896799750(EXLCZ)99267000000057670220141212h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Biblical view of man /Leo Adler ; translated from the German by Daniel R. Schwartz ; foreword by Shimon GesundheitJerusalem, Israel :Urim Publications,2015.©20151 online resource (145 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-31719-4 965-524-178-5 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 LiteratureChapter 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 AuthorThe 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 thTheological anthropologyBiblical teachingTheological anthropologyBiblical teaching.233Adler Leo35942Schwartz Daniel R.Gesundheit ShimonMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787917603321The Biblical view of man3785118UNINA