{"id":8843367743639,"title":"When God Becomes History P\/B-Kook\/Naor (BKE-WGBHPB)","handle":"when-god-becomes-history-p-b-kook-naor-bke-wgbhpb","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003eWhen God Becomes History\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"subtitle\"\u003eHistorical Essays of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp class=\"price\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Naor is an expositor par excellence of Rabbi Kook who gives spiritual seekers access to his teachings. He provides historical context for controversies in Rav Kook’s life allowing his nobility to shine through for all to see. His indispensable classic work of historiosophy deserves a wider audience. — Rabbi Elisha Paul, \u003cem\u003eJewish Press\u003c\/em\u003e, March 2017\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham Isaac Hakohen Kook (1865-1935) served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Erets Israel during the period of the British mandate. Rav Kook was a polymath, equally talented as a Talmudic legalist and rationalist philosopher, on the one hand, and as a mystic and poet, on the other. Today, we would say that he was both “left and right hemisphere.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe present collection brings together in English translation Rav Kook’s contributions to the field of Jewish history, though perhaps “historiosophy” would be the better word. Rav Kook joins the ranks of those great Jewish thinkers who preceded him in interpretation of history: Maharal of Prague, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto and Zadok Hakohen of Lublin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf Rav Kook’s philosophy were to be summed up in a single word, it would be: \u003cem\u003eKelaliyut\u003c\/em\u003e or universality. Whereas most of us are held captive by individual events, Rav Kook has a great gift for the overview of history. He brings this gift to bear in his ability to provide perspective on the modern rebirth of Israel against the backdrop of mankind’s ongoing spiritual evolution. In the latter regard, his vision has sometimes been compared to that of Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobido, or more recently Ken Wilber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContained in this collection are Rav Kook’s eulogy for Herzl and Rav Kook’s remarks at the opening of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The essays are placed in historic context and provided with copious scholarly endnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10px;\"\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003e266 Pages 6x9 Trim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eISBN: 9780692681695\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eList: $21.95\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-19T21:42:26-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-19T21:42:26-05:00","vendor":"Riverdale Judaica","type":"P","tags":[],"price":2860,"price_min":2860,"price_max":2860,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45198959902871,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"When God Becomes History P\/B-Kook\/Naor (BKE-WGBHPB)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2860,"weight":2,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003eWhen God Becomes History\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"subtitle\"\u003eHistorical Essays of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp class=\"price\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eRabbi Naor is an expositor par excellence of Rabbi Kook who gives spiritual seekers access to his teachings. He provides historical context for controversies in Rav Kook’s life allowing his nobility to shine through for all to see. His indispensable classic work of historiosophy deserves a wider audience. — Rabbi Elisha Paul, \u003cem\u003eJewish Press\u003c\/em\u003e, March 2017\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham Isaac Hakohen Kook (1865-1935) served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Erets Israel during the period of the British mandate. Rav Kook was a polymath, equally talented as a Talmudic legalist and rationalist philosopher, on the one hand, and as a mystic and poet, on the other. Today, we would say that he was both “left and right hemisphere.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe present collection brings together in English translation Rav Kook’s contributions to the field of Jewish history, though perhaps “historiosophy” would be the better word. Rav Kook joins the ranks of those great Jewish thinkers who preceded him in interpretation of history: Maharal of Prague, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto and Zadok Hakohen of Lublin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf Rav Kook’s philosophy were to be summed up in a single word, it would be: \u003cem\u003eKelaliyut\u003c\/em\u003e or universality. Whereas most of us are held captive by individual events, Rav Kook has a great gift for the overview of history. He brings this gift to bear in his ability to provide perspective on the modern rebirth of Israel against the backdrop of mankind’s ongoing spiritual evolution. In the latter regard, his vision has sometimes been compared to that of Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobido, or more recently Ken Wilber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContained in this collection are Rav Kook’s eulogy for Herzl and Rav Kook’s remarks at the opening of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The essays are placed in historic context and provided with copious scholarly endnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch1 class=\"product_title entry-title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10px;\"\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003e266 Pages 6x9 Trim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eISBN: 9780692681695\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-wcag-dynamic-font=\"true\" data-wcag-org-font-size=\"12\"\u003eList: $21.95\u003c\/p\u003e"}