An edition of Gog u-Magog (1945)

For the sake of heaven.

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An edition of Gog u-Magog (1945)

For the sake of heaven.

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Originally titled For the Sake of Heaven, Gog and Magog is a fictional religious chronicle in which the heroes are Hasidic rabbis. The setting for the novel is Poland and Hungary during the Napoleonic wars at the end of the eighteenth century. Although magic and superstition play their parts in the story, it is really Martin Buber's effort to articulate two approaches to the question: May men use evil to accomplish good?

May men take power into their own hands - even to do the work of redemption - without submitting first to the will of God? More particularly, Buber unfolds the inner world of messianic longing and expectations that characterized Judaism then and continues to characterize it to the present day.

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Publisher
Greenwood Press
Language
English
Pages
316

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Cover of: For the sake of heaven.
For the sake of heaven.
1970, Greenwood Press
in English
Cover of: For the sake of heaven
For the sake of heaven
1961, The World Publishing Co.
in English
Cover of: For the sake of heaven.
For the sake of heaven.
1958, Meridian Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Translation of Gog u-Magog.

Published in
Westport, Conn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
833/.9/12
Library of Congress
PZ3.B8504 Fo10, PJ5053.B77 Fo10

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 316 p.
Number of pages
316

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4573738M
ISBN 10
0837125928
LCCN
77097311
Library Thing
1511702
Goodreads
723248

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL12331W

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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record