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Even when God chose Israel, he did not create the people of Israel as he created its human members, as natural beings. Instead, God formed the people of Israel from individual human beings already living in the natural world, calling them into a new historical identity.

~David Novak

Topics: Beings Calling Chose Create Created Did Even Formed God He Historical Human Human Beings Identity Individual Instead Israel Living Members Natural Natural World New People Them World

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Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them.

~David Novak

Topics: Accept Actively Converts Historically Jews Only Rather Seeking Than Them

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If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic.

~David Novak

Topics: Given God Human Language Logic Must Same Then Torah Understand Understood Us Way World

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Cultural synthesis is how a compromise between various opinions is worked out. But truth does not change, and truth is not arrived at by some sort of compromise.

~David Novak

Topics: Arrived Between Change Compromise Cultural Does How Opinions Out Some Sort Synthesis Truth Truth Is Various Worked

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A fully positive relationship between Christians and Jews is one that would elide all differences.

~David Novak

Topics: Between Christians Differences Fully Jews Positive Relationship Would

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As a practicing Jew, I have studied with Christian teachers whom I respect for who they are and what they are, including their positive concern with Jews and Judaism.

~David Novak

Topics: Christian Concern Including Jew Jews Judaism Positive Practicing Respect Studied Teachers Who Whom

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Jews have long experience with Christians who have tried to help us in putting our Judaism behind us.

~David Novak

Topics: Behind Christians Experience Help Jews Judaism Long Our Putting Tried Us Who

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Many of us, both Jews and Christians, want the public square to be pluralistic, which is neither partisan nor naked.

~David Novak

Topics: Both Christians Jews Many Naked Neither Nor Partisan Public Square Us Want Which

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The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception of a common enemy.

~David Novak

Topics: Arises Between Built Christians Common Common Enemy Discourse Enemy Fact Jews Largely Perception Political Purely

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All modern secularity requires is that our public norms and the arguments for them not presuppose common acceptance of Jewish or Christian revelation, even if these public norms are consistent with a particular community's revelation and the authoritative teachings it derives from that revelation.

~David Novak

Topics: Acceptance Argument Christian Common Community Consistent Derives Even Jewish Modern Norms Our Particular Public Requires Revelation Teachings Them

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Theologian

Born: Unknown

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