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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Wed Dec 02 22:50:32 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 22:50:53 -0800 2009 71617727 2390394 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Thu Sep 17 19:07:23 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 19:07:23 -0700 2009 59107090 939532 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Tue Jun 09 21:52:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 21:52:08 -0700 2009 55128698 2291810 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Sat Apr 11 10:40:06 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 10:40:06 -0700 2009 50446679 2159796 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Wed Mar 25 15:59:16 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 15:59:25 -0700 2009 32813062 1526456 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 5 0 false Sat Sep 13 20:05:41 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 20:05:45 -0700 2008 31712588 1482537 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Mon Sep 01 06:22:20 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 06:22:20 -0700 2008 25571924 700407 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Thu Jun 26 11:53:59 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 11:53:59 -0700 2008 24494970 920225 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Sat Jun 14 13:28:19 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 13:28:19 -0700 2008 18571829 1021394 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Tue Mar 25 02:31:30 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 02:31:30 -0700 2008 15831979 923275 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. 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The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 5 0 false Tue Feb 19 14:57:30 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 14:57:30 -0800 2008 14016426 852072 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. "I have not talked about their books, their art or institutions," Heschel writes in the book's preface, "but about their ... customs, about their attitudes toward the basic things in life, about the scale of values which directed their aspirations." Spare, elegant woodcut illustrations by Ilya Schor complement Heschel's text, deepening its preoccupation with intangibles. (One chapter, for example, describes an indelibly Jewish trait, "The Sigh.") The parallelisms of Heschel's prose are mesmerizing: "Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds;" "The stone is broken, but the words are alive." There are stories of a seraph in a synagogue, of scholars closing their books and wandering away from home in self-imposed exile, of a rabbi who spent days staring at the same page of the Talmud. ("I feel so good here," he said, "why should I go elsewhere?") The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 0 0 false Tue Jan 29 22:26:38 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 22:26:45 -0800 2008 12453251 768480 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. "I have not talked about their books, their art or institutions," Heschel writes in the book's preface, "but about their ... customs, about their attitudes toward the basic things in life, about the scale of values which directed their aspirations." Spare, elegant woodcut illustrations by Ilya Schor complement Heschel's text, deepening its preoccupation with intangibles. (One chapter, for example, describes an indelibly Jewish trait, "The Sigh.") The parallelisms of Heschel's prose are mesmerizing: "Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds;" "The stone is broken, but the words are alive." There are stories of a seraph in a synagogue, of scholars closing their books and wandering away from home in self-imposed exile, of a rabbi who spent days staring at the same page of the Talmud. ("I feel so good here," he said, "why should I go elsewhere?") The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 4 0 false Sun Jan 13 21:26:37 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 21:26:37 -0800 2008 9098289 588975 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. "I have not talked about their books, their art or institutions," Heschel writes in the book's preface, "but about their ... customs, about their attitudes toward the basic things in life, about the scale of values which directed their aspirations." Spare, elegant woodcut illustrations by Ilya Schor complement Heschel's text, deepening its preoccupation with intangibles. (One chapter, for example, describes an indelibly Jewish trait, "The Sigh.") The parallelisms of Heschel's prose are mesmerizing: "Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds;" "The stone is broken, but the words are alive." There are stories of a seraph in a synagogue, of scholars closing their books and wandering away from home in self-imposed exile, of a rabbi who spent days staring at the same page of the Talmud. ("I feel so good here," he said, "why should I go elsewhere?") The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 3 0 false Wed Nov 14 07:52:47 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 07:52:47 -0800 2007 8532768 592765 1263462 1879045427 9781879045422 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776m/1263462.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182353776s/1263462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1263462.The_Earth_Is_the_Lord_s_The_Inner_World_of_the_Jew_in_Eastern_Europe 4.12 8 The Earth Is the Lord's by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a story about the daily life of Jews in Eastern Europe before the 20th century. "I have not talked about their books, their art or institutions," Heschel writes in the book's preface, "but about their ... customs, about their attitudes toward the basic things in life, about the scale of values which directed their aspirations." Spare, elegant woodcut illustrations by Ilya Schor complement Heschel's text, deepening its preoccupation with intangibles. (One chapter, for example, describes an indelibly Jewish trait, "The Sigh.") The parallelisms of Heschel's prose are mesmerizing: "Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds;" "The stone is broken, but the words are alive." There are stories of a seraph in a synagogue, of scholars closing their books and wandering away from home in self-imposed exile, of a rabbi who spent days staring at the same page of the Talmud. ("I feel so good here," he said, "why should I go elsewhere?") The facts of each vignette are suffused with purpose so that when Heschel states his book's reason for being, it seems the most natural thing in the world: "Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite." --Michael Joseph Gross]]> 1949 4 0 false Thu Nov 01 14:56:13 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 14:56:13 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1263462