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Confidence Quote by Gil Bailie

“In sharp contrast to their pagan contemporaries, Israel’s remembrance of the past was marked by two tendencies: a faith in Yahweh’s fidelity to the Abrahamic covenant, on which Jewish confidence in the future was based, and the contrition that accompanied the remembrance of Israel’s own violations…” quote by Gil Bailie — Download Open image

““In sharp contrast to their pagan contemporaries, Israel’s remembrance of the past was marked by two tendencies: a faith in Yahweh’s fidelity to the Abrahamic covenant, on which Jewish confidence in the future was based, and the contrition that accompanied the remembrance of Israel’s own violations of that covenant.””

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