Strongly influenced by the writings of Kant and Kierkegaard, particularly the latter's notion of "The Single One," he was a preeminent member of the cultural Zionist movement before he discovered Hasidim and devoted himself to translating Hasidic folktales.
His translation of the Hebrew Bible into German, an effort he referred to as "Germanification" because of its use of nonstandard phrasing, is still employed today by many German ministers because of its poetic language. Strongly influenced by the writings of Kant and Kierkegaard, particularly the latter's notion of "The Single One," he was a preeminent member of the cultural Zionist movement before he discovered Hasidim and devoted himself to translating Hasidic folktales. Name this modern Jewish philosopher, FTP, whom Martin Luther King Jr. cited in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," relying heavily on this man's notion of "I-Thou."
His translation of the Hebrew Bible into German, an effort he referred to as "Germanification" because of its use of nonstandard phrasing, is still employed today by many German ministers because of its poetic language.
Martin {Buber}