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Leopold Zunz
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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.
Quotes
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.
Quoted in Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Volume 75, p. 127
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Category:Theologians from Germany
Category:Jews from Germany
Category:1886 deaths