Introduction

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.

Personal Experience

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.

Development of Love

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.

Fulfillment in Jesus

Goicoechea argues that St. Matthew's Gospel explains the fulfillment of ahava and hesed with Jesus' agape.

Philosophical Perspectives

He concludes by drawing attention to how Levinas and Derrida, two Jewish postmodern philosophers, treat Jewish and Christian love.