{"product_id":"the-legend-of-the-baal-shem-by-martin-buber","title":"The Legend of the Baal-Shem Stories about the founder of modern Hasidism by Martin Buber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\"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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMartin Buber \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI and Thou, Good and Evil,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the Sake of Heaven.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Legend of the Baal-Shem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis not only a compilation of stories about the founder of modern Hasidism, but also acts as a key to help demystify the deep mystical tradition of Judaism. For those who like stories that reflect a piece of recent history, this is a good collection.\"\"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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253477052581,"sku":"978-0691043890","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-0691043890.jpg?v=1725092331","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/the-legend-of-the-baal-shem-by-martin-buber","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}