Israel: An Echo of Eternity by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel [Heschel, Abraham Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1969-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Israel’s vital interest in peace has been expressed again and again.

What is holy about the Holy Land? It is not only because its space is filled with frozen echoes of a voice heard in the past. Erets Israel is a prelude, an anticipation. The Holy Land is regarded as the place where the divine plan of history can unfold its pristine and unique meaning.

The land of Israel has been sanctified by the words of the prophets, by the suffering of a whole people, by the tears and prayers of thousands of years, by the labor and dedication of pioneers. Such sanctity is precious to God, vital to the people, a light within history. The State of Israel is not only a place of refuge for the survivors of the holocaust, but also a tabernacle for the rebirth of faith and justice, for the renewal of souls, for the cultivation of knowledge of the words of the divine. By the power and promise of prophetic visions we inhabit the land, by faithfulness to God and Torah we continue to survive.

The land presents a perception which seeks an identity in us. Suddenly we sense coherence in history, a bridge that spans the ages.

Israel reborn is an explicit rendering of an ineffable mystery. The Presence is cloudy, but the challenge is unmistakable.

This is part of our exultation: to witness the resurrection of the land of the Bible; a land that was dead for nearly two thousand years is now a land that sings.

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