Originally titled For the Sake of Heaven, Gog and Magog is a
fictional religious chronicle in which the heroes are Hasidic
rabbis. The setting for the novel is Poland and Hungary during the
Napoleonic wars at the end of the eighteenth century. Although
magic and superstition play their parts in the story, it is really
Martin Buber's effort to articulate two approaches to the question:
May men use evil to accomplish good? May men take power into their
own hands - even to do the work of redemption - without submitting
first to the will of God? More particularly, Buber unfolds the
inner world of messianic longing and expectations that
characterized Judaism then and continues to characterize it to the
present day.
General
Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Martin Buber Library |
Release date: |
March 1999 |
First published: |
March 1999 |
Authors: |
Martin Buber
• Ludwig Lewisohn
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Dimensions: |
203 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-0589-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-8156-0589-7 |
Barcode: |
9780815605898 |
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