The Legend of the Baal-Shem

These twenty stories about the founder of the Hasidic faith, provide a charming account of the genesis of Hasidism. This is an ideal introduction to Hasidic religion, and to Buber's influential philosophy of love and human understanding.

About the author

Martin Buber (1878-1965) has been described as the greatest religious thinker of the twentieth century, and was as influential to Christian theology as to Jewish philosophy. A prolific commentator on topics as diverse as art, sociology, education and religious philosophy, and was the author of I and Thou, The Way of Man and Good and Evil

Summary

These twenty stories about the founder of the Hasidic faith, provide a charming account of the genesis of Hasidism. This is an ideal introduction to Hasidic religion, and to Buber's influential philosophy of love and human understanding.

Additional text

'Like no other living author, Buber has enriched world literature with a genuine treasure.' - Hermann Hesse

Product details

• Authors: Martin Buber
• Assisted by: Maurice Friedman (Translation), Maurice S. Friedman (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780415282642
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28264-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Judentum