xviii, 493 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-476) and index.
Contents
Part I. The end of the mandate and the beginning of the state (1945-1951). Jewish-Arab rapproachement and conflict -- Biblical Judaism and hasidic tales -- Kibbutz socialism and adult education in Israel -- Part II. Postwar Germany and Jewish-Christian dialogue (1945-1961). Two types of faith : Jesus and Paul -- Postwar Germany and the peace prize -- Part III. America (1951-1960). First visit to America : Eclipse of God -- Devotio versus Gnosis : Buber versus Jung -- Dialogues with Americans -- Second visit to America : Encounter with psychotherapy -- Last visit to America and Paula's death replies to critics -- The interpretation of Hasidism : Buber versus Scholem -- Part IV. Dialogue as the way to peace (1952-1965). Dag Hammarskjold and Buber : The Covenant of peace -- Buber versus Ben-Gurion -- Part V. Last years (1960-1965). Surfeited with honors -- "On the world's edge."