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6 quotes by Immanuel Velikovsky

Immanuel Velikovsky /ˌvɛliˈkɒfski/ (Russian: Иммануи л Велико вский; IPA: [ɪmənʊˈil vʲɪlʲɪˈkofskʲɪj]; 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1895 – 17 November 1979) was a Russian-Jewish independent scholar, best known as the author of a number of controversial books reinterpreting the events of ancient history, in particular the US bestseller Worlds in Collision, published in 1950. Earlier, he played a role in the founding of the Hebrew...
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On the day I was born, or possibly on one of the following days, my father went on a walk in the forested hills and thought of a name for me. His... →

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It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils... →

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My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.

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My earliest memory is dreamlike: in a small orchard or garden I am carried on the arm, I believe, of my father; there was a group of grown-ups, my... →

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My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a... →

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When I was a child of six or seven my father would show me the chapter in the prophet Isaiah where the name Immanuel is found; more than once he... →

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