was deeply critical of Schleiermacher. Yet, following suggestions of Martin Buber (1878–1965) and Ferdinand Ebner (1882–1931), Brunner came to think that revelation in its highest sense was a personal encounter between God and the individual. The divine-human encounter cannot be described objectively. Indeed, the use of words depersonalizes it. Factual knowledge “about” God compromises the integrity of our knowledge of God himself. So revelation can never be identified with a spoken discourse or