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[Revised entry by Michael Zank and Zachary Braiterman on May 12, 2026.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Biographers of Martin Buber (1878 – 1965) invariably wrestle with the problem that no single classification fully captures the range of his pursuits. Buber himself acknowledged that he was hard to classify when he wrote (in “Replies to My Critics” in Schilpp/Friedman 1967, 689), “… the problem is discussed many times whether I am a philosopher or a theologian or something else. The question is rightly raised; for, depending on the circumstances, I am to be confronted with the rules and laws of one or…

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