Obscurity to permanent religious greatness was their passion

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Huston Smith wrote: "What lifted the Jews from obscurity to permanent religious greatness was their passion for meaning." In the follow essay, please write a brief paragraph each on 4 of the following themes: (CHOOSE FOUR)

*Meaning in God
*Meaning in Creation
*Meaning in Human Existence
*Meaning in History
*Meaning in Morality
*Meaning in Justice
*Meaning in Suffering
*Meaning in Messianism

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