Abraham Joshua Heschel

by Professor of French and Comparative Literature Edward K Kaplan, Edward K. Kaplan, Samuel H. Dresner, Samuel Dresner, Professor Samuel H Dresner

1998 · Yale University Press

The Teleological Discourse of Barack Obama, by Richard Leeman, provides an in-depth analysis of President Barack Obamas speeches and writings to explain the power of the 44th presidents speaking. Highly regarded for his eloquent and inspiring rhetoric, Obama is often compared to Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, Leemans study shows that Obamas teleological philosophy and discourse more closely resembles Ronald Reagans rhetoric.

Holiness in Words

by Edward K. Kaplan, Professor of French and Comparative Literature Edward K Kaplan

1996 · SUNY Press

A strategy for reading Heschel's major works, as well as a new route to understanding religious writing in general: a lucid study of modern religious and ethical thought using literary criticism.