The Martin Buber Reader

1. Dialogue and Anthropology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. From Religion as Presence (1922)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 169-180

   3. From I and Thou

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 181-188

   4. From Dialogue (1932)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 189-205

   5. Distance and Relation (1950)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 206-213

   6. Genuine Dialogue (1954)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 214-215

2. Philosophy and Religion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. Philosophical and Religious World View (1928)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 219-222

   3. Religion and Philosophy (1951)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 223-233

   4. Teaching and Deed (1934)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 234-239

3. Community

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

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   2. Comments on the Idea of Community (1931)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 243-246

   3. Community (1919)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 247-251

   4. How Can Community Happen? (1930)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 252-257

   5. Three Theses of a Religious Socialism (1928)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 258-260

4. Zionism and Nationalism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261

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   2. Concepts and Reality (1916)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 263-267

   3. Nationalism (1921)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 268-276

   4. Zionism and Nationalism (1929)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 277-280

   5. The National Home and National Policy in Palestine (1929)

      • Asher D. Biemann

      Pages 281-288

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.

• Christian theology
• history of religion
• Israel
• Judaism
• philosophy
• political philosophy
• religion
• religiosity
• theology

'...[offers] the general reader a refreshing broad perspective on a powerful thinker...' - Booklist

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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