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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

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

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

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

On every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

Robert Gordis

Robert Gordis

Robert Gordis

Born: February 6, 1908

Died: 1992 (aged 83)

Bio: Robert Gordis was an American leading Conservative rabbi.

Known for:

Koheleth, the man and his world
The Biblical text in the making
Understanding Conservative Judaism (1978)
The book of God and man (1965)

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