If I were one of the gods who just wound up supervising humans, I'd want to influence the decision-makers to live according… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
The issue in the Bible is not just "Do you believe in God or not?" Everybody believed in gods of some sort.… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
“Judaism teaches us the sentence, “The Lord is One,” is not exclusive to Adonai, but rather inclusive of everything, everything, everything! Did… — Laura Weakley Copy Share Image
“To me God’s voice and inspiration is stronger, of greater importance and authority than that of any fairy or any other spirit… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
We must stop using the Bible as though it were a potpourri of inerrant proof-texts by which we can bring people into… — Robert D. Brinsmead Copy Share Image
“Whatever criticism we may have for Jonah, at least it can be said that Jonah was consistent. This legalistic, over-judgmental, young prophet… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
“Pivotally, what we find in Torah is not privatized religion but a social vision, not ascetic distancing from the world but a… — Shai Held Copy Share Image
My heart can take on any form: A meadow for gazelles, A cloister for monks, For the idols, sacred ground, Ka'ba for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man with a camera was always suspected of being a spy. Moreover, the Jews did not want to be photographed, due… — Roman Vishniac Copy Share Image
Golden Rule”: “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is… — Hillel the Elder Copy Share Image
There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn't enough Torah study. — Ovadia Yosef Copy Share Image
Though my father was poor and had nothing, the Torah, the poetry of prophets, was his daily bread. — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
One cannot accept Christ and still be part of the normative Jewish community; one cannot live by Torah and still be part… — David Novak Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even dare read the Torah, let alone attempt a witty observation on the Torah. — Charles Grodin Copy Share Image
“There are thousands of codes in the Torah which are decoded by the Talmud.” — H.W. Charles Copy Share Image
“Grandpa Sereno: "There is nothing as dangerous as fear, fear of people who are different than you. Fear is the REAL danger… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
“No text, being human creation, is free from flaws – it is the human mind that should be conscientious enough to accept… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Say, Torah food for my brain, let it rain till I drown. Thunder, let the blessings come down. Say, Torah food for… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
“Rabbi Shimon would say: There are three crowns--the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood and the crown of sovereignty--but the crown… — Rabbi Copy Share Image
Just as the Torah and Bible teach concern for those in distress, the Koran instructs all Muslims to make caring for widows,… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Confucius is like the Torah, rules to follow. And Lao-Tzu is even more conservative, saying that if you do nothing you won't… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be… — David Novak Copy Share Image
“Each person has a Torah, unique to that person, his or her innermost teaching. Some seem to know their Torahs very early… — Lawrence Kushner Copy Share Image
For many people during many centuries, mankind's history before the coming of Christianity was the history of the Jews and what they… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
Orthodox Jews, or, as they are known in the Talmud, the Really Chosen Ones, are committed to the idea that the entire… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“Simchat Torah (rejoicing of the Torah) marks the day we complete the Torah and start it all over again. The last verses… — Abigail Pogrebin Copy Share Image
I think when people speak about faith, they always get stuck when they're starting to speak about the terrible things that happen… — Aviv Alush Copy Share Image
“It is a great mistake to give a man who has not been convicted of sin, certain passages that were never meant… — D L Moody Copy Share Image
“I had traveled far, had circled the planet and studied my Torah, and at the very end of my search I was… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
In the Einstein way, I can't believe in a universe that doesn't have some sort of prime mover, identical with all of… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“The essence of the Torah is the command: Do not do unto others as you should not want them to do unto… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you… — Jami Gertz Copy Share Image
The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why… — David Novak Copy Share Image