A Year with Martin Buber: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780827614659)

2022 Top Ten Book from Academy of Parish Clergy

The teachings of the great twentieth-century Jewish thinker Martin Buber empower us to enter a spiritual dimension that often passes unnoticed in the daily routine. In A Year with Martin Buber, the first Torah commentary to focus on his life's work, we experience the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and eleven Jewish holidays through Buber's eyes.

While best known for the spiritual concept of the I-Thou relationship between people, Buber graced us with other fundamentals, including Over Against, Afterglow, Will and Grace, Reification, Inclusion, and Imagine the Real. And his life itself--including his defiance of the Nazis, his call for Jewish-Arab reconciliation, and his protest of Adolf Eichmann's execution--modeled these teachings in action.

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross demonstrates Buber's roots in Jewish thought and breaks new ground by explaining the broader scope of Buber's life and work in a clear, conversational voice. He quotes from the weekly Torah portion; draws lessons from Jewish commentators; and sets Buber's related words in context with Buber's remarkable life story, Hasidic tales, and writing. A wide variety of anecdotal illustrations from Buber as well as the author's life encourages each of us to "hallow the everyday" and seek out spirituality "hiding in plain sight."

Author: Dennis S. Ross
ISBN-10: 0827614659
ISBN-13: 9780827614659
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2021
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 8.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/25/2021