The Martin Buber Reader - Essential Writings

Martin Buber was professor of the history of religions and Jewish religion & ethics from 1923 to 1933 at the University of Frankfurt. He resigned in 1933, after Hitler came to power, and immigrated to Israel where he taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Buber wrote numerous books during his lifetime (1878-1965) and is best known for I and Thou and Good and Evil. His philosophy of dialogue-that is, the 'I-Thou' relationship which affirms each individual as being of unique value-is extremely well-known and has influenced important Protestant theologians like Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Paul Tillich, and Reinhold Niebuhr. There is truly no genuine understanding of contemporary Jewish and Christian theology without reference to Martin Buber. His appeal is vast - not only is he renowned for his translations of the Old Testament but also for his interpretation of Hasidism, his role in Zionism, and his writings in both psychotherapy and political philosophy.

List of contents

Introduction The Bible Hasidism Judaism and Jewish Religiosity Dialogue Philosophy and Education Community and Politics Zionism and Nationalism

About the author

ASHER BIEMANN teaches modern Jewish thought and intellectual history at Harvard University. He is the author of a study on Martin Buber's philosophy and is co-editor of the first critical edition of Martin Buber's collected works in German.

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Martin Buber was professor of the history of religions and Jewish religion & ethics from 1923 to 1933 at the University of Frankfurt.

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Product details

• Authors: Martin Buber
• Assisted by: Biemann (Editor), A Biemann (Editor), A. Biemann (Editor), Asher Biemann (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780312292904
• ISBN: 978-0-312-29290-4
• No. of pages: 303
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 461 g
• Illustrations: V, 303 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Theologie, Judentum, Religion, Verstehen, B, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religious Studies, general, Philosophy—History