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Cecil Roth Quotes

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

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
Book, Writing, Thinking
Cecil Roth (1935). “A Bird's-eye View of Jewish History”, Cincinatti : Department of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations

Before Ben-Yehuda... Jews could speak Hebrew; after him they did.

Cecil Roth
Hebrew, Speak, Jew

The legendary missionary journey of St. Paul, which led to the foundation of the British church, presupposes the existence of a Jewish community - always the initial object of his propaganda - even before the capture of Jerusalem by Titus in the year 70.

Cecil Roth
Journey, Years, Community
"A History of the Jews in England". Book by Cecil Roth, 3rd edition, p. 1, 1964.

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