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Robert Gordis
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“Countless generations of students and general readers have been intrigued by this deeply human book, which half reveals and half conceals the fascinating yet enigmatic personality of its author.”
Robert Gordis (1908–1992) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Koheleth - the Man and his World" (1955), preface, p. vii
“it will never be outmoded as long as the systole and diastole of human life survives, and men fluctuate between progress and reaction, growth and decline, hope and illusion.”
Robert Gordis (1908–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is human love, not that of a god, which is glorified in the Song, and that with a wealth of detail, which rules out an allegorical interpretation.”
Robert Gordis (1908–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those humble but indomitable workers, to whom later generations referred by the collective name of Baale Masorah, Masters of Tradition, performed in obscurity their Herculean task of guarding the Biblical Text against loss or variation.”
Robert Gordis (1908–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source