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The Letters of Martin Buber: A Life of Dialogue (Martin Buber Library) 2 reviews
Martin Buber
Syracuse University Press, 1996
Buber's own words still resonate
This gem is worthy of 100 stars. Bubar's early writings, the work with Gustav Landaur and Franz Rosenweig in synthesizing "Ich und Du", as well as his editorial comments to writers of Der Jude. A true Passover Feast of wisdom and compassion, even including his letter to Gandhi. The forward by Paul Mendes-Flohr serves as an excellant background.As vital today as he was at the birth of the State of ...
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Good and Evil2 reviews
Martin Buber
Scribner Paper Fiction, 1950
A oasis in the dryness of my time
There is a sense that this is one of the most important book in my life. I have re-read it for the last 3 summers and i have found different things that i needed. Buber has a distinct method of communication that pulls from you who you are... i hear his subtlety in my ear even now. Buber is brilliant.
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Hasidism and Modern Man2 reviews
Martin Buber
Horizon House Pubs, 1980
a very readable exposition of a particular philosophy
Martin Buber recounts tales and parables of previous generations of central European hasidic Jewry to illuminate a life philosophy with appeal for today and tomorrow's interested generations.He communicates his vast love and respect for what he sees as a treasure trove of wisdom and insight into the human condition as found in hasidic lore.This book is very readable and speaks more directly to ...
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A Land of Two Peoples2 reviews
Martin Buber
Peter Smith Publisher, 1994
Fascinating essays about Israel
This is an excellent book. Buber's intelligence and sincerity are on display throughout it. Of course, I disagree with much of what Buber says. I'm a Polytheist, and I do not like Monotheistic religions. And I find some of Buber's advice to Israelis to be puzzling at times. Even after the British White Paper of 1939, he thought a Levantine Jewish state unnnecessary, although he admitted that ...
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Buber, The Writings of Martin: 21 review
Martin Buber
Plume, 1974
A pioneering anthology of Buber's work
Will Herberg compiled this excellent anthology of Buber's work originally published in 1956. It had the endorsement of Buber and contains excerpts from different areas and works of Buber's writings. The first section is titled ' Of Human Existence' the second , ' Of Social Life' the third, 'Of Biblical Faith'the fourth 'Of Jewish Destiny' the fifth 'Of Teaching and Learning'The purpose of the ...
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Tales of Rabbi Nachman2 reviews
Martin Buber
Humanity Books, 1988
The resurrection of a great culture
What an extraordinary enterprise this is: the reconstruction, largely from oral or late sources, of the celebrated fables or parables told by a once-famous rabbinical teacher and thinker from Eastern Europe, from a culture which, though European and Jewish, is as strange to the average Westerner as any alien civilization. These Jews believed in reincarnation; they developped complex historical ...
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The way of man, according to the teaching of Hasidism5 reviews
Martin Buber
Citadel, 1967
short but powerful taste of Jewish philosophy
This book is comprised of several short essays that are each about ten pages or so in length. It is difficult to explain exactly what the book talks about. But it basically is a series of discussions about what our lives mean in relation to G-d. Why we are here on this planet, how you can think of your life and the lives of others, and lessons from other great Jewish thinkers about these same ...
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Contemporary Jewish Thought: A Reader1 review
Ahad Ha-am, Aaron David Gordon, ...
Ben Yehuda Press, 1969
Stars of Jewish thought
The B'nai B'rith series of books on Jewish thought provides clear basic outlines of the thinking of major Jewish figures of the modern era. The approach is eclectic and there is an effort to draw from all streams of Judaism. Each chapter is a good introduction which might lead to fuller effort to understand the thinker in question, which when they are like Rabbis Kook and Soloveitchik well known.
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Two Types of Faith (Martin Buber Library)2 reviews
Martin Buber, David Flusser
Syracuse University Press, 2003
A Shift of Emphasis; Communal to Personal Faith
Epilogue; Faith Vs Faith:
Emil Brunner who once said that Buber's discovery and analysis of the I-Thou relationship set up a Copernician revolution in the thinking of the whole of mankind, described Buber's 'faith versus faith' essay as; "An all-out attack on Christianity", and an attempt by Buber to clarify why he came short of becoming a Christian! (Dogmatic Theology, E. Brunner)
It may be ...
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Ecstatic Confessions: The Heart of Mysticism2 reviews
Martin Buber
Harpercollins, 1985
Encounters with the Divine
Martin Buber gives us collected writings of well known and unknown mystics. First published in German in 1909 this wonderful work gives a good introduction for anyone who wants more knowledge and confirmation of the existence of the Divine in our finite lives. LK 11:9 "And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Other works ...
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On Judaism1 review
Martin Buber
Schocken Books, 1967
A fundamental inquiry
Buber raises fundamental questions about the meaning of Jewishness. His profundity is unquestioned, as his poetic insightfulness. However his casting aside of the Halakhah means that he cuts himself off from what is arguably, both the most traditional and most vibrant form of Judaism in our world.
I want to myself look through these essays again, and see if they give new directions in regard to ...
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Ten Rungs1 review
Martin Buber
Schocken, 1987
The holiness of God in Hasidic sayings
This is from the back jacket of the book.'The souls, relates a Hasidic legend, " descended from the realm of heaven to earth, on a long ladder.Then it was taken away .Now, up there, they are calling home the souls.Some do not budge from the spot, for how can one get to heaven without a ladder? Others leap and fall and leap again,and give up.But there are those who know very well that they cannot ...
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Moses: The Revelation and the Covenant1 review
Martin Buber
Humanities Press Intl, 1988
Ian Myles Slater on: Buber's Exodus and Wilderness
"Moses," usually published as "Moses: The Revelation and the Covenant," is probably the most readable of Martin Buber's longer Biblical studies. It combines a sense of narrative movement with ingenious interpretations (often backed by formidable, if now obsolete, scholarship, almost always tucked away in endnotes), rhapsodies on freedom and the desert, reflections on the experiences described as ...
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The origin and meaning of Hasidism1 review
Martin Buber
Horizon Press, 1960
The final work in the presentation of Hasidism to the world
Maurice Friedman Buber's great interpreter and faithful student said that "in this book Buber completed his lifework of recreating and interpreting Hasidism. Here he makes explicit the place of Hasidism among world religions, contrasting it with biblical prophecy, Spinoza, Freud, Sankara, Meister Eckhart, Gnosticism, Christianity, Zionism, and Zen Buddhism."
For all those interested in the ...
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I & Thou 2ND Edition1 review
Martin Buber
CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS LTD, 1958
It deserves 10 stars!
Martin Buber's "I and Thou" has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as one of its prophets.
"The publication of Martin Buber's 'I and Thou' a quarter of a century ago was a great event in the religious life of the ...
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The prophetic faith1 review
Martin Buber
MacMillan, 1949
Servant of YHVH explained
As a born and raised Christian I was taught that the songs of the Servant of YHVH in Isaiah were all about Jesus, but for many years I have believed that this servant is a composite figure. Buber explains that this is well known in Judaism and goes into it in detail, including his own inspired take on it.
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Martin Buber's 10 Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings1 review
Martin Buber
Citadel, 2001
Literary and spiritual inspiration
Buber had his own distinctive way of seeing Hasidism, very much connected to his own dialogical philosophy of I- Thou meeting. He also had a great literary gift that in retelling the Hasidic stories and thus provides a text of great spiritual inspiration and beauty.
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Kingship of God1 review
Martin Buber
Humanity Books, 1990
Translator's review
I am the Richard W. Scheimann who completed this translation in 1964. You can read my translator's forward to this book (....) In 1964, when I was preparing this book for publication, I wrote: "If I were asked why I undertook the arduous task of translating Koenigtum Gottes I would reply: "Because I once met Martin Buber." When I was a graduate student in History of Religions at the University of ...
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On the Bible;: Eighteen studies1 review
Martin Buber
Schocken Books, 1968
This will give you a deeper understanding of the Bible
This volume contains eighteen essays by Martin Buber on the Bible.Some of the essays are excerpted from works of previous works of his on Biblical themes, such as " Moses' and " The Prophetic Faith". The work has an extraordinarily rich introductory essay by Harold Bloom in which he often compares the work of his mentor, Gershom Scholem to Buber both on Hasidism, and on Biblical study. It has an ...
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The Martin Buber-Carl Rogers Dialogue : A New Transcript With Commentary1 review
Martin Buber, Carl R. Rogers, ...
State University of New York Press, 1997
Incredible edition taken from a recording.
When I read this book I was astonished by the form it is presented to the public. It confers the reader an authentic way of comparing the Dialogue. Two "grate thinkers" of the Self: one from the view point of therapy and Dr. Buber making emphasis on the implementation of "I and Thou" the "golden word" of existence. Remarcable dialogue. I do recomend it.
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