From Library Journal
Schmidt (Martin Buber's Formative Years: From German Culture to Jewish Renewal, 1898-1909) breaks important ground with these first English translations of seminal Jewish thinker Buber's early Zionist poems, essays, and speeches (written between 1898 and 1909). The work published here exceeds all expectations, showing the foundations not only of Buber's theoretical but also of his practical thought. Here we can see, in their earliest forms, his ideas about Hebrew humanism, his methods of logic, and his early, clear adherence to Theodore Herzl's ideas. (Both of them strove to reeducate the nation and preached that each Jew must overcome the Diaspora mentality to become a free builder of the land of Israel.) A wonderful translator, Schmidt has done an excellent job with difficult texts. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries and Jewish institutions.AHayim Y. Sheynin, Gratz Coll. Lib., Melrose Park, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
