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Work #365 · Late

The Prophetic Faith

Martin Buber
1949 (German); 1948 (Hebrew) · Hebrew and German
Theological-philosophical study · Jewish religious philosophy

Buber's 1949 study of the biblical Hebrew prophets — the major work on prophetic faith

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Attribute The Prophetic Faith (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

The Prophetic Faith

Historical-prophetic time of biblical Israel.

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Space

The Prophetic Faith

The land of Israel; the divine-human encounter.

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Matter

The Prophetic Faith

Embodied prophetic life.

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Observer

The Prophetic Faith

The biblical prophet; God as personal interlocutor.

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Energy

The Prophetic Faith

Prophetic energies of divine address and human response.

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Information

The Prophetic Faith

Biblical prophetic tradition.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Prophetic Faith

Buber's engagement with biblical prophecy in dialogue with broader Jewish-philosophical framework.