A Treasury of Jewish Quotations
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The quotations contained in this monumental volume consist of aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, and comments of Jewish authorship or on Jewish themes. Here is a rich treasury compiled from over 2,500 years of Jewish writings-from the Talmud, the Mishnah, the Zohar, and the Bible, through excerpts from Rashi, Maimonides, the Baal Shem Tov, as well as Spinoza, Disraeli, Herzl, Freud, Einstein, and many others. For more than forty years Dr. Joseph L. Baron, the eminent Jewish scholar, gathered material for this work, mining all the great treasuries of classic Jewish literature. The result is this magnificent volume, a classic in its own time. Classified according to subject, the quotations are indexed by topic and author. Full source references are given as well as bibliographic data.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1568219482
ISBN13:9781568219486
Release Date:June 1996
Publisher:Jason Aronson
Length:642 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 8.8"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A must have
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
To express it in a simple form, this book is a must for everyone interested in philosophy, ethics and what the jews have said about diverse themes throughout history. Its quotations come from people who lived in different times, places and cultural settings but who shared one thing.
An old - time favorite
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
The edition I have of this work was published in 1956. It is a very rich selection and has the signs of real scholarship and not simply amateur collecting. It organizes its entries alphabetically, and has the convenient device of numbering each entry. Looking down the list of citations I see many titles not read at all today. It has much good Jewish religious thought but also a great deal of thought from all areas of life. It is truly a wonderful source book. A few examples from the Education entry. "Education is that which remains, when one has forgotten everything one learned in school." Einstein "We must endeavor to teach even the unintelligent." Rashi " Thou shalt teach them diligently to the children." Deut. 4.9 " A Jew, however poor, if he had ten sons would put them all to letters, not for gain as the Christians do, but for the understanding of God's law, and not only his sons but his daughters." Abelard's School.Letter to Ephesians.
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