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The Wit and Wisdom
of the Talmud
Proverbs, Sayings, and Parables for
the Ages
Edited
by George J. Lankevich
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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:
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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
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
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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
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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 |
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