Martin Buber
In Martin Buber: The Hidden Dialogue, Dan Avnon analyzes and reconstructs Buber's corpus of mature writings. Avnon's novel reading of Buber's diverse writings on the Bible, Christianity, Judaism, philosophy, socialism, Zionism, and the Jewish-Arab conflict is based on his discovery of a 'hidden' code of writing that grants Buber's apparently eclectic works and literary styles a coherent and unifying hermeneutic center. The term 'hidden dialogue' refers to the dialogue that takes place between...
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In Martin Buber: The Hidden Dialogue, Dan Avnon analyzes and reconstructs Buber's corpus of mature writings. Avnon's novel reading of Buber's diverse writings on the Bible, Christianity, Judaism, philosophy, socialism, Zionism, and the Jewish-Arab conflict is based on his discovery of a _hidden_ code of writing that grants Buber's apparently eclectic works and literary styles a coherent and unifying hermeneutic center. Elliott Levine This is a fine 'ab intra' journey that accompanies Buber to the hidden source of Israel's heart, forever covered up by Jacob's descendants and modern, merely clever philosophers. The journey unseals the heart of Buber's mature summons to world history, his subversive prophecy, and Avnon's tough querying of an anguished cry from an open heart..
Preface1Introduction12Biography: From Mysticism to Dialogue to Attentive Silence193Bible: The Hidden Hermeneutics494Hidden History: The "Two Streams" of Adam815Dialogical Philosophy: Between the Words of Texts and the Content of Thought1196Dialogical Community: The Third Way between Individualism and Collectivism1497Dialogue as Politics: Zionism and the (Mis)meeting of Bible, History, Philosophy, and Politics179Abbreviations of Buber's Works Cited in Notes215Notes219Index265About the Author277
\ Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Jewish StudiesAvnon's book will inspire more readers to encounter Buber in this way.\ \ \ \ \ Philosophy in ReviewThis book will be of value to those with a substantial interest in Buber.\ — Michael A. Principe\ \ \ Elliott LevineThis is a fine 'ab intra' journey that accompanies Buber to the hidden source of Israel's heart, forever covered up by Jacob's descendants and modern, merely clever philosophers. The journey unseals the heart of Buber's mature summons to world history, his subversive prophecy, and Avnon's tough querying of an anguished cry from an open heart..\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsAn exploration of the hidden, double, and conflicted meanings in the work of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. Topics include the hidden hermeneutics in the Bible as revealed in the Buber- Rosenzweig translation, dialogical philosophy, dialogical community as the way between individualism and collectivism, and dialogue as politics in the context of Zionism and (mis)meetings of Bible, history, philosophy, and politics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
