Editing Ambiguity (section)

== Christianity and Judaism ==
[[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]] employ the concept of paradox synonymously with "ambiguity". Many Christians and Jews endorse [[Rudolf Otto]]'s description of the sacred as 'mysterium tremendum et fascinans', the awe-inspiring mystery that fascinates humans.{{Dubious|date=May 2019}} The [[apocrypha]]l [[Book of Judith]] is noted for the "ingenious ambiguity"<ref>[[Jerusalem Bible]] (1966), footnote a at Judith 11:5</ref> expressed by its heroine; for example, she says to the villain of the story, [[Holofernes]], "my lord will not fail to achieve his purposes", without specifying whether ''my lord'' refers to the villain or to God.<ref>{{bibleverse||Judith|11:6|NRSV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=deSilva |first=David A. |title=Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance |date=2018-02-20 |publisher=Baker Books |isbn=978-1-4934-1307-2 |pages=102 |language=}}</ref>

The orthodox Catholic writer [[G. K. Chesterton]] regularly employed paradox to tease out the meanings in common concepts that he found ambiguous or to reveal meaning often overlooked or forgotten in common phrases: the title of one of his most famous books, ''Orthodoxy'' (1908), itself employed such a paradox.<ref>Chesterton, G. K., [https://www.agape-biblia.org/orthodoxy/GKChesterton-Orthodoxy.pdf Orthodoxy], especially p. 32</ref>