Inexpressible – Hesed and the Mystery of God`s Lovingkindness

Michael Card is an award-winning musician and performing artist. He earned a master's degree in biblical studies from Western Kentucky University under Dr. William Lane. His many books include Scribbling in the Sand, A Fragile Stone, and the Biblical Imagination Series on the four Gospels. Card and his family live in Tennessee.

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