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The Kuzari

Judah Halevi · c. 1140

A defence of Judaism framed as a dialogue between a rabbi and the king of the Khazars.

PhilosophyPublic domain

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Judah HaleviThe greatest Hebrew poet of medieval Spain and author of the Kuzari — a philosopher-poet who defended Judaism and died, by tradition, reaching for Jerusalem.