Meaning of apikoros | Babel Free

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A Jewish skeptic or apostate.

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“And these are they that have⟳ no portion in the world to come⟳: He who says that the revivification of the dead cannot be proved from the Law, and that the Law is not from heaven, and an Apikoros (that is, one that does not fully believe⟳ in the Law).”

“A persistent fear worried the Jews of the early Diasporas and of Hellenistic times: the fear that a child of theirs might grow⟳ up to be an am-haaretz—a peasant, ignorant of Torah; or, even worse, an apikoros—a sophisticated unbeliever who abandons Jewish faith to indulge in rationalistic speculation about the meaning of existence.”

““How can you do that if you don't believe⟳ in God?” “I believe⟳ in God. I never said I didn't believe⟳ in God.” “You don't sound⟳ like⟳ a Hasid, though,” I told him. “What do I sound⟳ like⟳?” “Like⟳ a—an apikoros.””

“Others prefer⟳ cherry, apricot, or apple, but even these innovations are rejected by the modern apikoros, the child raised in America who sees chocolate as the only possible substance that should be stuffed inside the hamantash.”

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