Title: On the Bible; eighteen studies.
Authors: Buber, Martin, 1878-1965; Glatzer, Nahum N. 1903-1990.
Publisher: Schocken Books
Year: 1968
Subjects: Bible.
Abstract: This text acquaints the reader with Martin Buber's works on scripture and with his endeavour to elucidate the meanings of biblical ideas in ages past and in our own time.
Contents: The man of today and the Jewish Bible -- The tree of knowledge (Genesis 3) -- Abraham the seer (Genesis 12-25) -- The burning bush (Exodus 3) -- Holy event (Exodus 19-27) -- The election of Israel: a biblical inquiry (Exodus 3 and 19; Deuteronomy) -- The words on the tablets (Exodus 20) -- What are we to do about the Ten Commandments? -- The prayer of the first fruits (Deuteronomy 26) -- Samuel and the ark (I Samuel) -- Biblical leadership -- Plato and Isaiah (Isaiah 6) -- Redemption (Isaiah and Deutero-Isaiah) -- False prophets (Jeremiah 28) -- Prophecy, apocalyptic, and the historical hour -- Job -- The heart determines (Psalm 73) -- Biblical humanism.