The origin and meaning of Hasidism

by Martin Buber

Book Overview

Buber makes explicit the place of Hasidism among world religious, contrasting it with biblical prophecy, Spinoza, Freud, Sankara, Meister Eckhart, Gnosticism, Christianity, Zionism, and Zen Buddhism. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006AWGSI
• Release Date: January 1960
• Publisher: Horizon Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The final work in the presentation of Hasidism to the world

Maurice Friedman Buber's great interpreter and faithful student said that "in this book Buber completed his lifework of recreating and interpreting Hasidism. Here he makes explicit the place of Hasidism among world religions, contrasting it with biblical prophecy, Spinoza, Freud, Sankara, Meister Eckhart, Gnosticism, Christianity, Zionism, and Zen Buddhism." For all those interested in the spiritual side of the religious life this is an important volume.