Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness 9780830873814, 9780830845491

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Table of contents :
Preface: The Untranslatable Defining the Inexpressible
Introduction: A Word on the Meaning of Words

Part I. The God of Hesed
1. Opening the Door
2. The Definitive Encounter
3. Slow to Anger
4. Like No Other God
5. An Everlasting Refrain
6. A Prayer of Honest Rage

Part II. The Objects of Hesed
7. When Dinah Held My Hand
8. The Heseds of David
9. Ethan: “I Will Sing”
10. Moses: “In the Morning”
11. Jeremiah: “I Am Hesed”
12. Hosea: A Novel of Hesed

Part III. Hesed Finally Defined
13. Hesed and Truth
14. On Jesus’ Lips
15. How to Amaze Jesus
16. The One Who Showed Hesed
17. Paul and the Path to Redemption

Part IV. An Instinct for Hesed
18. Here, Rabbi, Take My Seat
19. Hesed in Post–AD 70 Judaism
20. Gemilut Hesed and Tikkun Olam

Conclusion: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly: The Monumental Nature of Kindness
Afterword
Appendix A: Occurrences of Hesed in Scripture
Appendix B: Comparison of Translations
Appendix C: A Vocabulary of Associated Words
Appendix D: For Further Study
Notes
Bibliography
Scripture Index

Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness
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