The History Of Martin Buber

Martin Buber was a Jewish philosopher and educator primarily contributing to the Field of 'dialogue'. Buber believed strongly that we as individual human beings are on an important quest for open dialogue with God, Buber was a leader by example and displayed this through not only his teachings but his actions. Martin Buber was born February 8, 1878 in Vienna, Austria. Buber was left by his mother at about the age of 3 and ended up being sent to live with his grandparent on his fathers side, Soloman and Adele,in a home in Lambert, the capital of Austria at that time. Buber was privately tutored until the age of 10, Buber's grandparents took education very seriously and this stuck with Buber. Solomon then gifted Martin with the understanding to study the Jewish law deeper, along with Mysticism and Talmud. However Adele, Martins grandmother, contributed to him in a young age through passing on a love for books, helping him to learn and speak many different languages allowing him to excel as a translator and German author. As for Education, Buber attended a few universities of Vienna to study art to earn a Ph. D. then going on to teach religion and philosophy. Buber then went in to study Zionism, he believed Zionism, the founder of Jewish homeland would enlighten his theories and perspectives for his life. He then met who he would later be his wife, Paula Winkler, a writer who wrote under the name of Georg Munk. Buber's theories worked mainly around spiritualism, especially Hasidism and Jewish mysticism. Buber was quick to back the idea that direct dialogue between man and God create what Jewish ideology truly is about. As an educator however, Buber believed that each individual brought a unique perspective to the learning environment and explored the ideas of religion, ethics, social philosophy, marriage, education, psychology and art, but most importantly, Buber was able to extract the big ideas and common factors of other religions to try to bring others together. Buber passed away june 13, 1965 but left an everlasting impact on the world of religion.