224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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These twenty captivating stories about the founder of the Hasidic faith Israel ben Eliezer called the Baal-Shem or Master of God's Name, provide a profound and charming account of the genesis of Hasidism, still Judaism's most important religious movement. As a delicate and moving portrayal not only of the power of the Baal-Shem's mystical faith, but also of Eastern European Jewish daily life, The... Read more
Foreword: Introduction: The Life of the Hasidim; The Werewolf; The Prince of Fire; The Revelation; The Martyrs and the Revenge; The Heavenly Journey; Jerusalem; Saul and David; The Prayer-Book; The Judgement; The Forgotten Story; The Soul Which Descended; The Psalm-Singer; The Disturbed Sabbath; The Conversion; The Return; From Strength to Strength; The Threefold Laugh; The Language of the Birds; The Call; The Shepherd; Glossary.
Biography
Martin Buber (1878-1965) has been described as the greatest religious thinker of the twentieth century, and was as influential to Christian theology as to Jewish philosophy. A prolific commentator on topics as diverse as art, sociology, education and religious philosophy, and was the author of I and Thou, The Way of Man and Good and Evil
'Like no other living author, Buber has enriched world literature with a genuine treasure.' - Hermann Hesse
