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Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue

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Friedman's Biography - the creme de la creme

There is no superior biography of Buber to Maurice Friedman's. I had the first edition and have been reading it since its first printing. Friedman and Buber were close associates and Friedman devoted a good deal of his professional life to Buber's works. He has the inside track. I have several other Buber books which I have lost and replaced over fifty years but always I greet this biobraphy as an old friend.

In this volume Friedman sets the scene with a discussion of "the narrow ridge," Buber's ultimate position and goes right to The Problme of Evil in Chapter 2, followed by a clear and thorough discussion of Hasidism, the spiritual foundation for his continuing work. The preface to the Fourth Edition offers some new insights, particularly into translation.

If I could only have one book on Buber, I would choose this book, and yet it alwways draws me to investigate the finer points of Buber's thought by acquiring more books. Dortje

Maurice S. Friedman was one of Buber's closest pupils, and one devoted his life to expounding the thought of Buber. This work tells of Buber's life and work and gives a good idea of his fundamental outlook.