Agape and Hesed-Ahava: With Levinas-Derrida and Matthew at Mt. Angel and St. Thomas (a Doxology of Reconciliation) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498226875)

Goicoechea presents his third volume in a series on agape. In this book he shows in four ways how the agape of Jesus fulfills the ahava and hesed of the Hebrew Bible. First, he shows existentially how he learned and lived this for six years in a Benedictine Minor Seminary and then for three years in a Sulpician Major Seminary. Second, he demonstrates how ahava or our love for God and neighbor and hesed or God's love for us develop through the Hebrew Bible. Goicoechea argues that St. Matthew's Gospel explains the fulfilment of ahava and hesed with Jesus' agape. He concludes by drawing attention to how Levinas and Derrida, two Jewish postmodern philosophers, treat Jewish and Christian love.

Author: David L. Goicoechea
ISBN-10: 1498226876
ISBN-13: 9781498226875
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2015
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d