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  1. Albert Einstein and his wife, Elsa, in an undated photo. Einstein's 'God letter' fetched a record-breaking $2.9 million a Christie's auction on Dec. 4, 2018. Wikimedia Commons. In January 1954, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Jewish philosopher Eric Gutkind, in which the physicist responded to Gutkind's book Choose Life: The Biblical Call to ...

  2. This undated photo provided by Christie’s shows the first page of Albert Einstein’s “God Letter,” dated January 3, 1954.in which he offers his candid and unvarnished opinion that: “The...

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  4. Dec 4, 2018 · A handwritten missive by Albert Einstein known as the “God letter” fetched almost $3m at auction on Tuesday. Christie’s auction house in New York stated on Tuesday afternoon that the...

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  5. Dec 2, 2018 · A letter in which Einstein called the word God “the expression of and product of human weakness” is expected to fetch $1 million at auction.

  6. Dec 25, 2018 · Albert Einstein’s so-called God letter first surfaced in 2008, when it fetched four hundred and four thousand dollars in a sale at a British auction house. The letter came back into the...

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  7. Dec 5, 2018 · Getty Images/Christie's Images Limited. CNN — A letter penned by Albert Einstein in which he challenges the concept of religion has broken sale records at auction, fetching close to $2.9...

  8. On 4 December, Christie’s will bring to auction one of the most famous letters by one of the 20th century’s most famous thinkers. Albert Einstein’s celebrated “God letter,” addressed to the philosopher Eric Gutkind, fuses Einstein’s thoughts on religion, his Jewish identity and his own search for meaning in life and remains as a ...

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