When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Robert Alter MARTIN BUBER A Life of Faith and Dissent By Paul Mendes-Flohr Martin Buber vaulted ...

Following a fall college semester abroad in Jerusalem, with instruction from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian teachers, I spent the January term reading Martin Buber’s works in English translation: Tales ...

Mendes-Flohr (Gershom Scholem), professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, showcases his expertise in this definitive but dense and jargon-filled biography of the Austrian-born ...

“When you dig a pit, there is never enough earth to refill it.” On Oct. 11, 2023, I asked my teacher and Doktorvater, Paul Mendes-Flohr, how he was doing. He replied “from Jerusalem/al Quds” (his own ...