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Read the Bible as though it were something entirely unfamiliar, as though it had not been set before you ready-made. Face the book with a new attitude as something new.

Martin Buber

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Martin Buber
Age: 87 †
Born: 1878
Born: February 8
Died: 1965
Died: June 13
Bible Translator
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Vienna
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