Authors: Martin Buber
ISBN-13: 9780815604815, ISBN-10: 0815604815
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Date Published: August 1997
Edition: 1ST SYRACU
Written over a forty-year period, Israel and the World is a discussion of the encounter between the historic spirit of Israel and the world which regards it as foreign, incomprehensible, or irrelevant. The essays in this volume represent a dual attempt: first, to clarify the relation of certain aspects of Jewish thinking and Jewish living to contemporary intellectual movements and second, to analyze critically those trends within Jewish life which, surrendering to current ideologies, tend to weaken the teachings of Israel. Topics range from "The Faith of Judaism," "Plato and Isaiah," and "Hebrew Humanism." Buber speaks out openly, sharply criticizing false or distorted conceptions, guiding his reader to the very heart of each issue.
Preface | 7 | |
The Faith of Judaism | 13 | |
The Two Foci of the Jewish Soul | 28 | |
The Prejudices of Youth | 41 | |
The Love of God and the Idea of Deity | 53 | |
Imitatio Dei | 66 | |
In the Midst of History | 78 | |
What Are We to Do About the Ten Commandments? | 85 | |
The Man of Today and the Jewish Bible | 89 | |
Plato and Isaiah | 103 | |
False Prophets | 113 | |
Biblical Leadership | 119 | |
Teaching and Deed | 137 | |
Why We Should Study Jewish Sources | 146 | |
On National Education | 149 | |
The Jew in the World | 167 | |
The Power of the Spirit | 173 | |
The Spirit of Israel and the World of Today | 183 | |
The Gods of the Nations and God | 197 | |
Nationalism | 214 | |
The Land and Its Possessors | 227 | |
"And If Not Now, When?" | 234 | |
Hebrew Humanism | 240 | |
Israel and the Command of the Spirit | 253 | |
Israel's Mission and Zion | 258 | |
Sources | 264 |