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> [“Israel worshipped a God who could grow angry, who changed his mind, a God involved in history, who cared so much about one group of people that their apostasies drove him to fits of impatience. The greatest philosophers of Greece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-placher/israel-worshipped-a-god-who-could-grow-angry-who-changed-his-mind-a/)

William C Placher

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## More by William C Placher

> [“...only in the late 1100s and 1200s did scholars in Sicily and Spain translate Aristotle's greatest philosophical and scientific texts. These translations had an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-placher/only-in-the-late-1100s-and-1200s-did-scholars-in-sicily-and-spain/)

William C Placher

> [“The themes of Jesus' teaching are important, but of course he was more than a teacher. All the Gospels put the end of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-placher/the-themes-of-jesus-teaching-are-important-but-of-course-he-was-more/)

William C Placher

> [“Israel worshipped a God who could grow angry, who changed his mind, a God involved in history, who cared so much about one group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-placher/israel-worshipped-a-god-who-could-grow-angry-who-changed-his-mind-a/)

William C Placher

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