Heavenly Torah: as refracted through the generations

"Known most widely for his role in the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s, Abraham Joshua Heschel made major scholarly contributions to the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, medieval Jewish philosophy, Hasidism, and mysticism. Yet his most ambitious scholarly achievement, his three-volume study of Rabbinic Judaism, originally published in Hebrew between the years 1962 and 1990, is only now appearing in English."--Jacket.

Two approaches to Torah exegesis -- Miracles -- The Tabernacle and the sacrifices -- The abode of the Shekhinah -- Teachings concerning the Shekhinah -- Afflictions -- Torah and life -- In awe and trembling -- Duties of the heart -- Issues of supreme importance -- Scriptural language not befitting God's dignity -- The language of Torah -- Transcendental and terrestrial perspectives -- Go 'round the orchard! -- Beholding the face of God -- The Torah that is in heaven -- Moses' ascent to heaven -- The descent of the Divine Glory -- Torah from Heaven -- The sectarians -- Moses did things on his own authority -- Two methods of understanding "Thus says the Lord" -- Is it possible that it was on his own say-so -- The book of Deuteronomy -- Is the Prophet a partner or a vessel? -- "See, how great was Moses' power!" -- Moses' prophecy -- How the Torah was written -- The maximalist and minimalist approaches -- The maximalist approach to the principle "Torah from Heaven" -- The minimalist approach to the principle "Torah from Heaven" -- Lost books -- It is not in the Heavens -- Renewal of Torah -- Both these and these are the words of the living God -- Against multiplying rules -- Stringenc…