Cecil Roth, A History of the Jews (1961) p. 424
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The preservation of the Jew was certainly not casual. He has endured through the power of a certain ideal, based on the recognition of a Higher Power in human affairs. Time after time in his history, moreover, he has been saved from disaster in a manner, which cannot be described excepting as 'providential.' The author has deliberately attempted to write this book in a secular spirit; he does not think that his readers can fail to see in it, on every page, a higher immanence.
— Cecil Roth on Judaism
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About Cecil Roth
Cecil Roth (.@. 5. March 1899 in London; † 21. June 1970 in Jerusalem) was a British Jewish historian and educator. He was the editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and of the Standard Jewish Encyclopedia.
About Cecil Roth
Cecil Roth (.@. 5. March 1899 in London; † 21. June 1970 in Jerusalem) was a British Jewish historian and educator. He was the editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and of the Standard Jewish Encyclopedia.
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