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The truth of the matter seems to be that wittingly or unwittingly they did take note of it , and that the ultimate rationalizations of their positions rest upon grounds that are more akin to the religious than to the secular .
The truth of the matter seems to be that wittingly or unwittingly they did take note of it , and that the ultimate rationalizations of their positions rest upon grounds that are more akin to the religious than to the secular .
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The religious spirit manifests itself in a variety of tangible forms and literary formulations . There is only one characteristic which is common to all its manifestations , and that is its ceaseless striving to reach out to realms not ...
The religious spirit manifests itself in a variety of tangible forms and literary formulations . There is only one characteristic which is common to all its manifestations , and that is its ceaseless striving to reach out to realms not ...
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The Rabbis seem to have intuitively recognized , though they never explicitly stated it , that if the religious ... then the heart of religion , as represented in the Torah , is dispensable.142 This is true for us today as it was for ...
The Rabbis seem to have intuitively recognized , though they never explicitly stated it , that if the religious ... then the heart of religion , as represented in the Torah , is dispensable.142 This is true for us today as it was for ...
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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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