There is truly no genuine understanding of contemporary Jewish and Christian theology without reference to Martin Buber. In addition to being an acclaimed writer and translator, 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. Among the numerous books Buber wrote during his lifetime (1878-1965), I and Thou became most influential and left an imprint with many liberal Jewish as well as Christian thinkers such as Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Paul Tillich, and Reinhold Niebuhr.
The Martin Buber Reader is divided into seven sections: The Bible; Judaism & Jewish Religiosity; Hasidism; Dialogue; Philosophy & Education; Community & Individual; and Zionism. Book jacket.
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