{"product_id":"tales-of-the-hasidim-book-one-the-early-masters-and-book-two-the-later-masters-by-martin-buber","title":"Tales of the Hasidim: Book One: The Early Masters and \u0026 Book Two: The Later Masters. By Martin Buber","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition, bringing together Volumes One and Two of Buber's classic work, contains marvelous tales - terse, vigorous, often cryptic - of the Hasidic masters\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from German\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTwo volumes of the Jewish philosopher's classic work that collects and retells the marvelous legends of Hasidism.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new paperback edition brings together volumes one and two of Buber's classic work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTales of the Hasidim,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith a new foreword by Chaim Potok. Martin Buber devoted forty years of his life to collecting and retelling the legends of Hasidim. \"Nowhere in the last centuries,\" wrote Buber in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHasidim and Modern Man,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"has the soul-force of Judaism so manifested itself as in Hasidim... Without an iota being altered in the law, in the ritual, in the traditional life-norms, the long-accustomed arose in a fresh light and meaning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese tales—terse, vigorous, often cryptic—are the true texts of Hasidim. The hasidic masters, of whom these tales are told, are full-bodied personalities, yet their lives seem almost symbolic. Through them is expressed the intensity and holy joy whereby God becomes visible in everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253403652261,"sku":"0-8052-0995-2","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/61Y3_qJd6LL._SL1360.jpg?v=1767047871","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/tales-of-the-hasidim-book-one-the-early-masters-and-book-two-the-later-masters-by-martin-buber","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}