Ethics of Talmud

by R. Travers Herford

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805200231
• ISBN13: 9780805200232
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Schocken Books Inc
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

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Pirqe Aboth: The Sayings of the Fathers

This book provides a standard edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic text of the important collection of Rabbinic maxims called Pirqe Avot, "The Sayings of the Fathers," along with a responsible translation and illuminating, brief, commentary. It is an excellent introduction to Rabbinic thought and ethics. The translator and editor, R. Travers Herford (1860-1950), was a prominent Christian scholar of Rabbinic Judaism. He gives the Pirqe Avot a wise and sympathetic interpretation. Here's a sample of the sayings: "Simon the Just...used to say, 'Upon three things the world stands: upon Torah, upon worship, and upon deeds of kindness'" (Pirqe Avot 1.2).