Philip Birnbaum
American translator and writer (1904–1988)
Philip Birnbaum(1904–1988) was an American religious author and translator.
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Quotes
edit- The moon, appearing every month in several phases, is symbolic of the Jewish people whose history has assumed a variety of phases. Like the moon, they reappear aftern being eclipsed.
- Daily Prayer Book (1949) p.562
- The diversified authorship of the Prayerbook, embracing prophets and psalmists, legalists and poets, proclaims that all Israel has a share in its making.
- Festival Prayer Book: Pesah (1971) p.IX
- The very concept of repentance and atonement has made the Jewish outlook on life one of cheerfulness and confidence.
- Festival Prayer Book: Yom Kippur (1960) p.IX
