Overview
This text acquaints the reader with Martin Buber's works on scripture and with his endeavour to elucidate the meanings of biblical ideas in ages past and in our own time.
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Author: Martin Buber ,
Nahum N. Glatzer ,
Prof. Harold Bloom
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.331kg
ISBN: 9780815628408
ISBN 10: 0815628404
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 30 April 2000
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"We are indebted to Nahum Glatzer for compiling these 18 biblical studies. . . . [They] reflect the wide range of Buber's interests. . . . For Buber devotees and especially for theological collections.-- ""Commonweal"" [Buber] viewed the Bible as the record of encounters between God and the Jewish people . . . . The basic value of On the Bible is in its appeal to men to go beyond critical, scientific analysis to deeper meanings.-- ""Library Journal"""
Students of the great contemporary Jewish thinker, Martin Buber, are aware that all of his works exemplify the spirit of the Old Testament. Not all will be aware of his writings which deal specifically with Biblical studies. A fairly complete corpus of these studies appeared as the second volume of his collected works. In this present volume, eighteen studies have been brought together and edited, with extensive bibliography, by Dr. Glatzer. An introductory essay on The Man of Today and the Jewish Bible states Buber's existentialist approach to the Bible - to be read as something entirely unfamiliar, yet to be yielded to with his whole being. Succeeding studies range through important passages of the Old Testament, from The Tree of Knowledge (Genesis 3) to the Apocalyptic literature, Job, and Psalm 73. Buber, as the editor points out. stands on the periphery of Biblical scholarship relying upon his intuitive grasp of issues. The result is rich in insight and contemporary in significance, for both lay as well as scholarly readers. (Kirkus Reviews)
We are indebted to Nahum Glatzer for compiling these 18 biblical studies. . . . [They] reflect the wide range of Buber's interests. . . . For Buber devotees and especially for theological collections.-- Commonweal [Buber] viewed the Bible as the record of encounters between God and the Jewish people . . . . The basic value of On the Bible is in its appeal to men to go beyond critical, scientific analysis to deeper meanings.-- Library Journal
Author Information
Martin Buber has gained worldwide acclaim for his translations and expositions of various mythic and mystical traditions. His works include I and Thou, The Prophetic Faith, On Zion, and Tales of the Hasidim.
