Fox

,

Marvin

1922-1996

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Jewish
...on
Faith

I believe in the traditional doctrine of Torah … No one can reasonably claim to understand how God reveals Himself to man.  The very idea of revelation leads us to paradoxes which defy rational explanations … Yet we affirm in faith that we cannot explicate, for our very humanity is at stake.  I believe, because I cannot afford not to believe.  I believe, as a Jew, in the divinity of Torah, because without God’s Torah I have lost the ground for making my own life intelligible and purposeful.

“The State of Jewish Belief: A Symposium,” Commentary 42, No. 2, 1966, p. 89

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