Quotes from book
Kuzari

Name: Kuzari
Author: Judah Halevi

Judah Halevi

The Kuzari, full title The Book of Proof and Evidence in Support of the Abased Religion , also known as the Book of the Kuzari, is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Judah Halevi, completed around 1140. Originally written in Arabic, it was then translated into Hebrew and is regarded as one the most important apologetic works of Jewish philosophy.

“According to our view a servant of God is not one who detaches himself from the world, lest he be a burden to it, and it to him; or hates life, which is one of God's bounties granted to him.”

Judah Halevi book Kuzari

Part Three
Kuzari (1140)

“Divine Providence only gives man as much as he is prepared to receive; if his receptive capacity be small, he obtains little, and much if it be great.”

Judah Halevi book Kuzari

Part Two
Kuzari (1140)

“As regards the Sādōcaeans and Boēthosians, they are the sectarians who are anathemised in our prayer. The followers of Jesus are "the Baptists" who adopted the doctrine of baptism, being baptized in the Jordan."”

Judah Halevi book Kuzari

Part Three, "the Baptists" refers to the word meshumadim in the jewish prayer, followed by the words "will have no hope", the hebrew word can be explained in other ways
Kuzari (1140)