On Zion : The History of an Idea

by Buber, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780815604822
• ISBN10: 0815604823
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

Martin Buber's writings on Zion and Zionism go back to the early years of this century. To him, Zion was not primarily a political issue: Zionism implies a reorientation of the entire being, and overcoming of a diaspora mentality, a catharsis, and a readiness to build in the land of Israel a new, just, free, and creative community.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	vii	(10)
NAHUM N. GLATZER
INTRODUCTION: ZION AND THE OTHER NATIONAL CONCEPTS	xvii
PART I: THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE	1	(36)
The Prayer of the First Fruits	3	(7)
Man and the Earth	10	(8)
The Promise	18	(12)
The Redemption	30	(7)
PART II: INTERPRETATION AND TRANSFIGURATION	37	(22)
The Gift of Rain	39	(8)
Association and Separation	47	(6)
In the Land and Outside It	53	(6)
PART III: THE VOICE OF THE EXILE	59	(50)
The Heart of a Poet: The Book of `Kusari'	61	(11)
The Unfolding of the Mystery: The Book of Sohar	72	(5)
The Beginning of the National Idea: The `High Rabbi Liva'	77	(12)
A Zaddik Comes into the Land: Rabbi Nahman of Brazlav	89	(20)
PART IV: THE ZIONIST IDEA	109	(54)
The First of the Last: Moses Hess	111	(12)
The Pressing Demand of the Hour: Leo Pinsker and Theodore Herzl	123	(20)
The Doctrine of the Centre: Ahad-Ha'am	143	(4)
The Renewal of Holiness: Rav Kook	147	(7)
A Man Who Realizes the Idea of Zion: A. D. Gordon	154	(9)
BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX	163