“I believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who led…” — Judah Halevi (The Kuzari I (Hirschfeld / standard…)

Source and attribution

The archive attributes this English wording to The Kuzari I (Hirschfeld / standard English) and files it under Jewish Rationalism. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

About Judah Halevi

Judah Halevi (c. 1075–1141) was a Hebrew poet and author of The Kuzari, a dialogue in which a rabbi persuades the Khazar king that historical revelation outweighs abstract First-Cause metaphysics.

How to read this passage

Across 4 recurring voices here (notably Anselm of Canterbury and Averroes), faith is framed through Islamic Philosophy and Scholasticism. Some passages define faith; others warn how it fails; still others relocate it inside habit, community, or language. This passage enters that discussion through faith, time.

Concepts in this quote

Faith

Faith appears in this archive as a live philosophical concern—not a slogan. These verified English passages show how thinkers treat faith as a problem of judgment, practice, or explanation.

Time

Philosophy of time asks what tense and duration are—and how memory, death, and history shape a human life.

How to cite this quotation

APA: Judah Halevi. (n.d.). I believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who led the Israelites out of Egypt with signs and miracles—not in the God of Aristotle. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0598

MLA: Judah Halevi. “I believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac,….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0598.

Chicago: Judah Halevi. “I believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac,….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0598.

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