The Legend of the Baal-Shem
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-04389-0 (ISBN)
The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber spoke directly to the most profound human concerns in all his works, including his discussions of Hasidism, a mystical-religious movement founded in Eastern Europe by Israel ben Eliezer, called the Baal-Shem (the Master of God's Name). Living in the first part of the eighteenth century in Podolia and Wolhynia, the Baal-Shem braved scorn and rejection from the rabbinical establishment and attracted followers from among the common people, the poor, and the mystically inclined. Here Buber offers a sensitive and intuitive account of Hasidism, followed by twenty stories about the life of the Baal-Shem. This book is the earliest and one of the most delightful of Buber's seven volumes on Hasidism and can be read not only as a collection of myth but as a key to understanding the central theme of Buber's thought: the I-Thou, or dialogical, relationship. "All positive religion rests on an enormous simplification of the manifold and wildly engulfing forces that invade us: it is the subduing of the fullness of existence.
All myth, in contrast, is the expression of the fullness of existence, its image, its sign; it drinks incessantly from the gushing fountains of life."--Martin Buber, from the introduction
Martin Buber (1878-1965) was the author of numerous works in the fields of art, education, sociology, philosophy, philosophy of religion, and Biblical interpretation. Among his works are I and Thou, Good and Evil, and the novel For the Sake of Heaven.
FOREWORD 7 INTRODUCTION 9 The Life of the Hasidim 17 HITLAHAVUT: ECSTASY 17 AVODA: SERVICE 23 KAVANA: INTENTION 33 SHIFLUT: HUMILITY 41 The Werewolf 51 The Prince of Fire 56 The Revelation 62 The Martyrs and the Revenge 73 The Heavenly Journey 79 Jerusalem 82 Saul and David 87 The Prayer-Book 92 The Judgement 98 The Forgotten Story 107 The Soul Which Descended 121 The Psalm-Singer 131 The Disturbed Sabbath 139 The Conversion 149 The Return 161 From Strength to Strength 17, The Threefold Laugh 179 The Language of the Birds 185 The Call 194 The Shepherd 202 GLOSSARY 209
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.5.1995 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Bollingen Series |
| Übersetzer | Maurice Friedman |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 28 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-04389-2 / 0691043892 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-04389-0 / 9780691043890 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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