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Martin Buber

Martin BuberMartin Buber (1878-1965).

Table of Contents

  • 1 Ideas
  • 2 Biography
  • 3 Major Works of Martin Buber
    • 3.1 Related:
  • 4 Videos
  • 5 Related Products
    • 5.1 I And Thou
    • 5.2 Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (Jewish Lives)
    • 5.3 Tales of the Hasidim (The Early Masters / The Later Masters)
    • 5.4 Martin Buber’s Dialogue: Discovering Who We Really Are
    • 5.5 Between Man and Man
    • 5.6 Martin Buber's I and Thou: Practicing Living Dialogue
    • 5.7 The Way of Man: According to Hasidic Teaching
    • 5.8 The Prophetic Faith
    • 5.9 Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Science
    • 5.10 Martin Buber's Ontology: An Analysis of I and Thou

Ideas

– The I-Thou approach to relationships is the only way people can be fully authentic; only a part of our being is expressed in the I-It relationship.

– Scripture and biblical commentary are of great importance but are not infallible.

– Religious law is not immutable but applicable to the times of its formulation.

– Zionism must incorporate Arabs as well as Jews.

– Cooperative efforts, such as in the ideal kibburizm, are to be encouraged, but collectivism is dangerous.

Biography

Martin Buber was born February 8, 1878 in Vienna as a child of a Jewish family; his grandfather, in whose house in Lvov Buber spent much of his childhood (his parents’ marriage had broken apart), was a very renowned scholar on the field of Jewish tradition and literature.

Buber studied in Vienna, Leipzig, Berlin, Zurich and soon entered the Zionist Movement, more for religious and cultural than for political reasons. He was the editor of a renowned Jewish magazine and lectured Jewish religion philosophy at the University of Frankfurt from 1924 to 1933. During that time, he worked together with Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) at the “Freies Jüdisches Lehrhaus”. And it was also Rosenzweig with whom together he translated the Old Testament into German.

In the first years of Hitler’s rule, he stayed in Germany until he had to emigrate in 1938, and from then on he lectured, interrupted by numerous journeys, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He made many efforts for improving the understanding between the Israelis and the Arabs, in the postwar period also for reestablishing the dialogue with German thinkers and institutions. He died on June 6, 1965.

Major Works of Martin Buber

– I and Thou (1923)

Related:

  • Martin Luther
  • Martin Heidegger
  • physicalism
  • existentialism
  • Karl Popper

  • Videos

  • Related Products

     
    I And Thou

    I And Thou

    • Martin Buber (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 192 Pages - 02/01/1971 (Publication Date) - Touchstone (Publisher)
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    Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (Jewish Lives)

    Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (Jewish Lives)

    • Hardcover Book
    • Mendes-Flohr, Paul (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 440 Pages - 03/26/2019 (Publication Date) - Yale University Press (Publisher)
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    Tales of the Hasidim (The Early Masters / The Later Masters)

    Tales of the Hasidim (The Early Masters / The Later Masters)

    • Schocken Books Inc
    • Martin Buber (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 352 Pages - 07/23/1991 (Publication Date) - Schocken (Publisher)
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    Martin Buber’s Dialogue: Discovering Who We Really Are

    Martin Buber’s Dialogue: Discovering Who We Really Are

    • Kramer, Kenneth Paul (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 172 Pages - 08/21/2019 (Publication Date) - Cascade Books (Publisher)
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    Between Man and Man

    Between Man and Man

    • Buber, Martin (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 220 Pages - 09/08/2014 (Publication Date) - Martino Fine Books (Publisher)
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    Martin Buber's I and Thou: Practicing Living Dialogue

    Martin Buber's I and Thou: Practicing Living Dialogue

    • Kenneth Paul Kramer (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 240 Pages - 01/05/2004 (Publication Date) - Paulist Press (Publisher)
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    The Way of Man: According to Hasidic Teaching

    The Way of Man: According to Hasidic Teaching

    • Buber, Martin (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 46 Pages - 05/01/2012 (Publication Date) - Jewish Lights (Publisher)
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    The Prophetic Faith

    The Prophetic Faith

    • Princeton Univ Pr
    • Buber, Martin (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 344 Pages - 10/27/2015 (Publication Date) - Princeton University Press (Publisher)
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    Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Science

    Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy: Studies in the Relation Between Religion and Science

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    • Buber, Martin (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 172 Pages - 07/16/2010 (Publication Date) - Humanity Books (Publisher)
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    Martin Buber's Ontology: An Analysis of I and Thou

    Martin Buber's Ontology: An Analysis of I and Thou

    • Used Book in Good Condition
    • Hardcover Book
    • Wood, Robert E (Author)
    • English (Publication Language)
    • 139 Pages - 01/20/1969 (Publication Date) - Northwestern University Press (Publisher)
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