Top 64 Quotes by David Novak

About David Novak

These are some quotes by American author David Novak Theologian, who was born in 1941.

Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the same.

Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the same.

David Novak

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

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

David Novak

The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them.

The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them.

David Novak

Theological reflection takes place within history, but the history within which it takes place is an ongoing, open-ended process.

Theological reflection takes place within history, but the history within which it takes place is an ongoing, open-ended process.

David Novak

The most important part of the process of mourning is regularly reciting kaddish in a synagogue. Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish tradition has mandated children to recite daily in a synagogue during the year of mourning for a deceased parent and then on the anniversary of his or her death thereafter.

David Novak

The relation between Judaism, Zionism, and Messianism is one that is often hard for Jews to get straight. Needless to say, it is even harder for non-Jews.

The relation between Judaism, Zionism, and Messianism is one that is often hard for Jews to get straight. Needless to say, it is even harder for non-Jews.

David Novak

I first came to Jewish-Catholic relations in 1963, while studying for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

I first came to Jewish-Catholic relations in 1963, while studying for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

David Novak

Religious traditions are in a constant state of development and renewed self-understanding.

Religious traditions are in a constant state of development and renewed self-understanding.

David Novak

To view any individual as being independent of relationality is like viewing a point outside of a line, a line outside of a figure, a figure outside of a body.

To view any individual as being independent of relationality is like viewing a point outside of a line, a line outside of a figure, a figure outside of a body.

David Novak

When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it.

When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it.

David Novak

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