Nuggets of Wisdom from Great Jewish Thinkers: From Biblical Times to the PresentRodopi, 1994 - 194 pàgines This book offers a copious selection of insights about the world and life, crafted in engaging language by Jewish sages, scholars, rabbis, and literary luminaries, from ancient to modern times. These remarkable explanations, queries, and proposals are connected by expository comments and comparisons by the author. The passionate care for human values which underlies much of Jewish thinking is made accessible in this comprehensive work. In it the reader may find counsel on how to achieve a good and satisfying life while responding to the joys and sorrows that touch us all. |
Continguts
The Hebrew Bible | 9 |
The Dead Sea Scrolls | 31 |
The Apocrypha | 39 |
The Pseudepigrapha | 47 |
The Midrash | 75 |
9 | 89 |
Note to Part Three | 105 |
Bahya Ibn Paquda About 1075 | 111 |
Rabbi Levi Ben Gershom Gersonides | 129 |
Note to Part Four | 139 |
What Can Be Said About the | 145 |
What Are the Basic Truths About | 161 |
What Happens When We Die? | 171 |
Sources of Quotations | 179 |
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Rabbi Solomon Ben Isaac Rashi | 117 |
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