Gog and Magog

by Martin Buber and מרטין בובר

Gog and Magog is a religious chronicle in fictional form. Its heroes are Hasidic rapbis. Its background is the Napoleonic wars at the end of the eighteenth century. Its scene is laid in Poland and Hungary.

Although magic and superstition play their parts in the story, it is really Buber's effort to articulate two approaches to the question: May men use evil to accomplish good? May men take power in their own hands--even to do the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815605897
• ISBN13: 9780815605898
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"