{"product_id":"humanity-divided-manuel-duarte-de-oliveira-9783110740745","title":"Humanity Divided: Martin Buber and the Challenges of Being Chosen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith exacting scholarship and fecund analysis, Manuel Oliveira probes through the lens of Martin Buber (1878-1965) the theological and political ambiguities of Israel's divine election. These ambiguities became especially pronounced with the emergence of Zionism. Wary, indeed, alarmed by the tendency of some of his fellow Zionists to conflate divine chosenness with nationalism, Buber sought to secure the theological significance of election by both steering Zionism from hypertrophic nationalism and by a sustained program to revalorize what he called alternately \"Hebrew Humanism.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Oliveira demonstrates, Buber viewed the idea of election teleologically, espousing a universal mission of Israel, which effectively calls upon Zionism to align its political and cultural project to universal objectives. Thus, in addressing a Zionist congress, he rhetorically asked, \"What then is this spirit of Israel of which you are speaking? It is the spirit of fulfillment. Fulfillment of what? Fulfillment of the simple truth that man has been created for a purpose (...) Our purpose is the upbuilding of peace (...) And that is its spirit, the spirit of Israel (...) the people of Israel was charged to lead the way to righteousness and justice.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manuel Duarte de Oliveira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110740745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110740745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.44d","brand":"Manuel Duarte de Oliveira","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059062731007,"sku":"9783110740745","price":137.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e289f47-825d-4bad-88f1-3ffb03f7adb3.jpg?v=1685056019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humanity-divided-manuel-duarte-de-oliveira-9783110740745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}