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Page 87
But he did not cease searching for an answer , even though he tells us that " when I pondered how I might know this , it was wearisome in mine eyes ” ( v . 16 ) . He finally found his answer when he " entered into the sanctuary of God ...
But he did not cease searching for an answer , even though he tells us that " when I pondered how I might know this , it was wearisome in mine eyes ” ( v . 16 ) . He finally found his answer when he " entered into the sanctuary of God ...
Page 97
Hence , there are probably no two Americans who , when they turn to these documents in search of an answer to the question what it means to be an American , find exactly the same answer . Each one finds his own distinctive answer .
Hence , there are probably no two Americans who , when they turn to these documents in search of an answer to the question what it means to be an American , find exactly the same answer . Each one finds his own distinctive answer .
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The answer is again given not by a Tanna but by the Babylonian Amora Rabba , who maintains that this is a matter of svara , of logic . When asked whether one may kill an innocent man in order to save one's own life , he answered ...
The answer is again given not by a Tanna but by the Babylonian Amora Rabba , who maintains that this is a matter of svara , of logic . When asked whether one may kill an innocent man in order to save one's own life , he answered ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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