1st Edition

Martin Buber on Myth An Introduction

By S. Daniel Breslauer Copyright 1990
414 Pages
by Routledge

414 Pages
by Routledge

414 Pages
by Routledge

This book summarizes and evaluates the contribution of Martin Buber as a theorist of myth. It offers a coherent and unified study focusing on Buber's approach to myth as part of his entire system of philosophy. The book analyzes whether Buber's use of myth contributes to modern appreciation of myth.

1. The Student of Myth 2. Buber's View of Myth 3. Buber and the Bible 4. The Meaning of Eden 5. The Exodus 6. Buber And Hasidic Myth 7. Myth as Language 8. Hasidism And Modernity 9. Evaluating Buber

Biography

S. Daniel Breslauer