Martin Buber

Who was Martin Buber?
1878 - 1965  Born in Vienna, he was a direct descendant to a notable Jewish family. Carl Marx was a distant cousin. He read philosophy and questioned his religious beliefs. He retold many traditional tales, he supported a Jewish and Arab state, he rejected the terms 'philosopher' and 'theologian' though his life is hallmarked by both disciplines of study for which he received many awards. He was an existentialist and a story-teller who came from generations of Rabbis. and was nominated on 10 occasions for the Nobel Prize for Literature and for the Peace Prize on seven occasions. He contributed to many fields of study throughout his lifetime and his 'I' - 'Thou' was influenced by the therapeautic encounter work of Jacob L Moreno. 

“God renews the work of creation every day... To you God revealed himself once and no more, but to us, he speaks out of the burning thorn bush of the present.” 

For more information, use these hyperlinks:

http://www.maximusveritas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/iandthou.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/33255690/MARTIN_BUBER_FATHER_OF_THE_PHILOSOPHY_OF_DIALOGUE