"A return to reverence is the first prerequisite for a revival of wisdom, for the discovery of the world as an allusion] to God."
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Abraham Joshua Heschel, in God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism, p. 78
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel l (11 January 1907 β 23 December 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi, considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century.
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