{"product_id":"eclipse-of-god-studies-in-the-relation-between-religion-and-philosophy-by-martin-buber","title":"Eclipse of God: Studies in the Relation between Religion and Philosophy By Martin Buber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003eBiblical in origin, the expression \"eclipse of God\" refers to the Jewish concept of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehester panim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e, the act of God concealing his face as a way of punishing his disobedient subjects. Though this idea is deeply troubling for many people, in this book Martin Buber uses the expression hopefully—for a hiding God is also a God who can be found.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFirst published in 1952, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEclipse of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e is a collection of nine essays concerning the relationship between religion and philosophy. The book features Buber's critique of the thematically interconnected—yet diverse—perspectives of Soren Kierkegaard, Hermann Cohen, C.G. Jung, Martin Heidegger, and other prominent modern thinkers. Buber deconstructs their philosophical conceptions of God and explains why religion needs philosophy to interpret what is authentic in spiritual encounters. He elucidates the religious implications of the I-Thou, or dialogical relationship, and explains how the exclusive focus on scientific knowledge in the modern world blocks the possibility of a personal relationship with God.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by Leora Batnitzky, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEclipse of God \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003eoffers a glimpse into the mind of one of the modern world's greatest Jewish thinkers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMartin Buber \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e(1878 - 1965) was born in Vienna, Austria, but spent much of his childhood with his grandparents in Lvov (now Lviv, Ukraine). His grandfather was a renowned scholar of Jewish literature, who edited the first critical edition of the Midrashim, traditional biblical commentaries. When Buber came of age, he studied in Vienna, Leipzig, Berlin, and Zurich. From 1924 to 1933, he lectured on Jewish religious philosophy at the University of Frankfurt. During that time, he worked together with Franz Rosenzweig on a new German translation of the Hebrew Bible.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWhen Hitler came to power, Buber was eventually forced to leave Germany in 1938. Though he traveled widely, he spent most of the rest of his life in Israel as a lecturer at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He had a great interest in and wrote many works on Hasidism, but he is best known for his 1923 book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIch und Du\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI and Thou)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e. This influential work contrasts the personal and subjective â€œI-Thou\" relationship, which participates in the dynamic, living process of an \"other,\" with an impersonal and objective â€œI-It\" relationship, which experiences a detached thing, fixed in space and time.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eBuber expressed an early interest in Zionism, but more for religious and cultural reasons than for political motives. From the beginning of his Zionist activities he advocated for Jewish-Arab unity. He helped form the League for Jewish-Arab Rapprochement and Cooperation. In 1942, the League created a political platform that was used as the basis for the political party the Ichud (or Ihud, that is, Union). For his work for Jewish-Arab parity Dag Hammarskjöld (then Secretary-General of the United Nations) nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWhen Buber died in 1965, his funeral in Jerusalem was a high state function attended by many dignitaries. Among them was a delegation of the Arab Students' Organization, who placed a wreath on his grave in recognition of his efforts to create peace between Jews and Arabs in Israel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253476954277,"sku":"978-0691165301","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/9780691165301.avif?v=1767659582","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/eclipse-of-god-studies-in-the-relation-between-religion-and-philosophy-by-martin-buber","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}