Buber

American  

[boo-ber] / ˈbu bər /

noun

1. Martin, 1878–1965, Jewish philosopher, theologian, and scholar of Hasidism: born in Austria, in Israel from 1938.

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Buber British  

/ ˈbuːbə /

noun

1. Martin . 1878–1965, Jewish theologian, existentialist philosopher, and scholar of Hasidism, born in Austria, whose works include I and Thou (1923), Between Man and Man (1946), and Eclipse of God (1952)

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Example Sentences

Rather than smoothing foreign-sounding language into readability, he and Buber wrote, “we wish to break through to the spokenness of the Word.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

And despite the layoffs, Washington has been adding more jobs than it has been losing, although at a slower rate than last year, Buber said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Its inventory of artifacts testified to how they lived, loved, worked and played through the words and possessions of common folks as well as such luminaries as Einstein, Theodore Herzl, Sholem Aleichem and Martin Buber.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Why argue? asked Buber; since both sides agree that the Messiah will arrive in the future, let’s wait until that moment and then simply ask the Messiah: have you been here before?

From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2021

He asks me questions about my life, then quotes lines from Erich Fromm, Martin Buber, Erik Erikson.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom