“The prophet…said No to his society, condemning its
habits and assumptions, its complacency, waywardness, and syncretism. He was
often compelled to proclaim the very opposite of what his heart expected. His fundamental
objective was to reconcile man and God. Why do the two need reconciliation?
Perhaps it is due to man's false sense of sovereignty, to his abuse of freedom,
to his aggressive, sprawling pride, resenting God's involvement in history.”—
Polish-born American Jewish theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
(1907-1972),
The Prophets (1962)
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