Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder

‘Michael Marmur’s new book, Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder, is a formidable achievement of scholarly analysis… A stunning window into the workings of a dynamic exegetical soul.’

Ariel Evan Mayse, H-Judaic, H-Net Reviews, December 2016

"Michael Marmur has produced a remarkable book. Far more systematically than other scholars before him, Marmur has explored with great rigour and depth the fascinating question of how one of the most significant Jewish thinkers in modern times read, interpreted, and used traditional Jewish sources.　Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder　yields an array of insights not just into Heschel’s ideas but also into the ways he constructed and presented them – and perhaps even into the ways he arrived at them."

Shai Held, Chair in Jewish Thought, Mechon Hadar, and author of 'Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence'

"Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Sources of Wonder is a discerning guide to Heschel’s books both in terms of the textual sources of each and from the perspective of his overall development as a religious thinker. Clear and eloquent, Marmur’s book inaugurates an era of contextualizing Heschel in depth."

Edward K. Kaplan, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies, Brandeis University