Quoted in Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Volume 75, p. 127
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Eine Religion, welche nicht oder nicht mehr fähig ist, sich auf die Höhe der erworbenen Wissenschaft zu erheben, ist eine tote Religion.
• Translation: A religion, which is not able or no more able to raise to the height of acquired science, is a dead religion.
— Leopold Zunz
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• Translation: A religion, which is not able or no more able to raise to the height of acquired science, is a dead religion." in the context of "Quoted in Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Volume 75, p. 127" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Leopold Zunz
Leopold Zunz (Hebrew: יום טוב ליפמן צונץ— "Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz") (10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of what has been termed the "Science of Judaism" (Wissenschaft des Judentums), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.
About Leopold Zunz
Leopold Zunz (Hebrew: יום טוב ליפמן צונץ— "Yom Tov Lipmann Tzuntz") (10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of what has been termed the "Science of Judaism" (Wissenschaft des Judentums), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual.
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