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The Wit and Wisdom of the Talmud
Proverbs, Sayings, and Parables for the Ages

Edited by George J. Lankevich

 

 

ISBN: 0-7570-0021-5
Length: 160 Pages
Size: 5.5 X 8.5-inch
Format: Quality Paperback
Category:
Religion / Judaism
Price: $13.95

Availability: In Print

 

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In Jewish tradition, the Talmud embodies the laws of Judaism, as well as a way of study and intellectual development. Composed of two works, the Mishnah and the Gemara, the Talmud is believed to provide serious students with one of the most sacred of experiences. It is, in fact, the Torah--the Old Testament--and the Talmud that offer the tenets of the Jewish religion.

Here, in this classic work, are those pearls of wisdom that we can all benefit from and enjoy time and time again. Some may be familiar to you; others may be new. All, however, can offer illuminating insights and direction throughout your life.

Representing almost two thousand years of learning, the Talmud contains a wealth of wisdom and advice.

George J. Lankevich received his PhD in American History from Columbia University. He taught for over thirty years in the City University of New York, and is now a professor emeritus. Dr. Lankevich is the author of over twenty volumes of history, including American Metropolis: A History of New York City.

 

Contents

Introduction

TOPIC LISTING

Accountability
Actions
Adversity
Advice
Age
Ancestry
Anger
Appearances Are Deceiving
Arrogance and Pride
Associates
Beginnings
Birth and Development
Business Principles
Character and Reputation
Charity and Good Deeds
Children
Children's Obligations
Cleanliness
Clothing
Compassion for Animals
Complaint
Conduct and Manners
Confession
Consequences
Consistency
Contentment
Cosmetics
Covetousness
Death
Dignity
Discretion
Duty
Duty to God
Eating
Envy and Jealousy
Evil
Experience
Fame
Faultfinding and Blame
Fear
Flattery
Flexibility

Fools
Forgiveness
Free Will
Friendship
God in Life
Good Neighbor
Government
Greatness
Habit
The Home
Honesty
Honor
Hope
Hospitality
Human Nature
Hypocrisy and Deceit
Idleness
Immortality and the World to Come
Ingratitude
Israel
Joy
Judgment
Justice
Labor
The Law
Laws of Nature
Leadership
Learning and Knowledge
Levity
Life
Love
Marriage
Meddling
Mercy
Misers
Moderation
Modesty and Humility
Money
Oaths
Obscenity
Opinion
Opportunity
Passion
Patriotism and Community Involvement

Peace
Perjury
Persecution
Physicians and Medicine
Poverty
Prayer
Preparedness
Promises
Quarelling and Discord
Religion
Repentance
Reproof
Resignation and Acceptance
Revenge
Rewards
The Righteous
The Sabbath
Secrets
Self-Respect
Self-Sufficiency
Sermons
Shame and Shyness
Sickness and Pain
Silence
Sin
Slander and Gossip
Soldiers
The Soul
Teamwork
Temperament
Temptation
Theft
Thrift
Tolerance
Trials
Truth
Usefulness
Virtue
Wine
Wisdom
Woman
Words
Worry and Care
Youth

Index

 

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