This short and remarkable book presents the essential teachings of Hasidism, the mystical Jewish movement which swept through Eastern Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and their relevance to our lives. Told through legendary tales of the Hasidic masters, together with Buber's own unique insights, The Way of Man offers us a way of understanding ourselves and our place in a spiritual world.

Author Biography

Martin Buber (1878-1965), is among the foremost twentieth-century philosophers of human relations and Jewish thought. He is best known for his revival of popular interest in Hasidism and his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou and I-It relationships. His work on Hasidic thought, Zionism and religious philosophy continues to influence both the academic study of Judaism and religious thinking more broadly. He also inspired the trend toward neo-Hasidism among modern Jews. His books include I and Thou, Tales of the Hasidim, On Judaism and many others. Dr. Paul Mendes-Flohr is professor of modern Jewish thought in the University of Chicago Divinity School. Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman, senior scholar at Temple Israel in Boston, Massachusetts, teaches midrash and homiletics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Formerly, he was distinguished lecturer in Judaics at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Gabriel E. Padawer, who emigrated to the United States as a refugee from Nazi persecution in 1938, is a registered professional engineer, a Fellow of the US National Science Foundation and a life-long student of Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman, senior scholar at Temple Israel in Boston, Massachusetts, teaches midrash and homiletics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Formerly, he was distinguished lecturer in Judaics at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Gabriel E. Padawer, who emigrated to the United States as a refugee from Nazi persecution in 1938, is a registered professional engineer, a Fellow of the US National Science Foundation and a life-long student of Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy.