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Jacob Neusner Quotes

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.

Jacob Neusner
Thinking, Asking Questions, Needs
Jacob Neusner (2007). “How To Grade Your Professors: And Other Unexpected Advice”, p.11, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

Jacob Neusner
Life, Believe, People
Jacob Neusner (1984). “How to grade your professors, and other unexpected advice”, Beacon Press (MA)

A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. ­

Jacob Neusner
People, Needs, Answers

Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.

Jacob Neusner
Self, People, Together

But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.

Jacob Neusner
Christian, Religious, Order
Jacob Neusner (1991). “The Twentieth Century Construction of "Judaism": Essays on the Religion of Torah in the History of Religion”, University of South Florida

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