Originally published in A.J.A. Quarterly, 2:1 (1956), pp. 48-9. Buber-Maasehs Tales of the Hasidim: The Early Masters, by Martin Buber. Thames and Hudson. 18s. It is said that soon after Martin Buber’s arrival in Palestine he was complimented on his excellent Hebrew. ‘We understand everything you write, Professor’. Buber is said to have replied: ‘I shall…
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