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Encyclopedia entry: Buber, Martin
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- Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
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Buber, Martin (1878–1965)
Jewish theologian and philosopher whose approach to the man–God relationship has had considerable impact on both Jewish and Christian theology in the twentieth century. Born in Vienna, Buber moved to Lvov (now in the Ukraine) after his parents separated and was raised by his grandparents. He studied philosophy at the universities of Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, and Zürich and became a supporter of the Zionist cause. After briefly editing the Zionist weekly
Die Welt
, he split with the Zionist leader, Theodore Herzl, and formed the Zionist Democratic Faction.
Der Jude
, founded by Buber in 1916, became the leading periodical for German Jewish ...