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Heschel as a Religious Thinker

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Abraham Joshua Heschel's revolutionary framework of biblical philosophy offers a compelling solution to the persistent faith-reason divide that has challenged religious thought from Aquinas through Barth and Tillich. Through systematic analysis of implicit philosophical assumptions throughout biblical texts, Heschel demonstrates their coherence as a unified worldview, despite common objections regarding historical inconsistencies and the presumed transcendence of divine revelation beyond human reason. These objections ultimately fail by conflating historical with philosophical propositions and employing circular reasoning about divine attributes. Unlike secular philosophical systems that resort to symbolic or paradoxical language about God, biblical philosophy presents God as a personal agent amenable to straightforward, literal discourse. This framework enables more precise biblical interpretation by providing the proper philosophical context for understanding key religious terms and concepts. Biblical philosophy notably shares common ground with contemporary secularism in its emphasis on human concerns, temporal reality, and rational inquiry, while warning that secular humanism divorced from the biblical God becomes self-defeating. The framework proves essential not only for Jewish and Christian theology but for preserving authentic humanistic values in modern secular society, offering humanity "one last chance to remain human."

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    Published 1968

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    Edmond Cherbonnier