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Actions Displays	hiding God Remove from selection Add to selection TitleThe hiding God Author Abraham Joshua Heschel Call number296.3/0027 Object number02745aa Place of publicationOxford, England PublisherOxford University Press Year of publication 2007 Physical descriptionpp376-380 MaterialArticle ISBN9780195300154 NotesArticle from the book 'Wrestling with God' pp376-380 Description Heschel argues there is a basic flaw in the premise on which the question Where is God? and how could He have allowed the Holocaust to have happened?, rests, ie, humanity blaming God for what are in truth our own sins and failures. Heschel cites the biblical prophets' distinction between a "hidden God" (one who is absent or elusive in essence) and a "hiding God" (one who forsakes the people only after they turn away from him). It is the latter term, the "hiding God" that properly describes the state of our current relationship with the diety as well as God's true nature. Man causes the tragic situation by fleeing from God. He argues that we who have turned away from our creator are responsible for what has subsequently befallen us, and it is now our responsibility to turn back to God, who waits longingly for our return.

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TitleThe hiding God

Author

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Call number296.3/0027

Object number02745aa

Place of publicationOxford, England

PublisherOxford University Press

Year of publication

2007

Physical descriptionpp376-380

MaterialArticle

ISBN9780195300154

NotesArticle from the book 'Wrestling with God' pp376-380

Description

Heschel argues there is a basic flaw in the premise on which the question Where is God? and how could He have allowed the Holocaust to have happened?, rests, ie, humanity blaming God for what are in truth our own sins and failures. Heschel cites the biblical prophets' distinction between a "hidden God" (one who is absent or elusive in essence) and a "hiding God" (one who forsakes the people only after they turn away from him). It is the latter term, the "hiding God" that properly describes the state of our current relationship with the diety as well as God's true nature. Man causes the tragic situation by fleeing from God. He argues that we who have turned away from our creator are responsible for what has subsequently befallen us, and it is now our responsibility to turn back to God, who waits longingly for our return.

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