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

by George J. Lankevich (Editor)

Overview

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, which represents nearly 2,000 years of learning, are those pearls of wisdom that have served as a daily guide for countless generations of people throughout the world. Some may be familiar to you; others may be new. Some may provoke a laugh; others, a tear. All, however, offer illuminating insights and direction that can provide a foundation for a compassionate and focused life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780757050213
Publisher:	Square One Publishers
Publication date:	04/24/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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 New York City: A Short History. 

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	Topics
	Accountability	17
	Actions	17
	Adversity	18
	Advice	19
	Age	19
	Ancestry	20
	Anger	21
	Appearances Are Deceiving	22
	Arrogance and Pride	23
	Associates	25
	Beginnings	26
	Birth and Development	27
	Business Principles	27
	Character and Reputation	29
	Charity and Good Deeds	30
	Children	36
	Children's Obligations	38
	Cleanliness	40
	Clothing	40
	Compassion for Animals	41
	Complaint	41
	Conduct and Manners	42
	Confession	43
	Consequences	43
	Consistency	43
	Contentment	44
	Cosmetics	45
	Covetousness	45
	Death	46
	Dignity	47
	Discretion	47
	Duty	48
	Duty to God	48
	Eating	52
	Envy and Jealousy	52
	Evil	53
	Experience	54
	Fame	54
	Faultfinding and Blame	54
	Fear	55
	Flattery	56
	Flexibility	56
	Fools	56
	Forgiveness	58
	Free Will	58
	Friendship	59
	God in Life	60
	Good Neighbors	61
	Government	62
	Greatness	63
	Habit	63
	The Home	63
	Honesty	64
	Honor	64
	Hope	65
	Hospitality	65
	Human Nature	66
	Hypocrisy and Deceit	66
	Idleness	68
	Immortality and the World to Come	68
	Ingratitude	71
	Israel	72
	Joy	74
	Judgment	74
	Justice	76
	Labor	77
	The Law	79
	Laws of Nature	79
	Leadership	80
	Learning and Knowledge	81
	Levity	84
	Life	84
	Love	85
	Marriage	86
	Meddling	90
	Mercy	90
	Misers	91
	Moderation	92
	Modesty and Humility	93
	Money	94
	Oaths	95
	Obscenity	95
	Opinion	96
	Opportunity	96
	Passion	97
	Patriotism and Community Involvement	98
	Peace	98
	Perjury	100
	Persecution	100
	Physicians and Medicine	101
	Poverty	102
	Prayer	103
	Preparedness	105
	Promises	105
	Quarelling and Discord	106
	Religion	107
	Repentance	107
	Reproof	110
	Resignation and Acceptance	111
	Revenge	112
	Rewards	113
	The Righteous	114
	The Sabbath	115
	Secrets	116
	Self-Respect	117
	Self-Sufficiency	117
	Sermons	118
	Shame	118
	Sickness and Pain	119
	Silence	119
	Sin	120
	Slander and Gossip	122
	Soldiers	123
	The Soul	123
	Teamwork	125
	Temperament	125
	Temptation	126
	Theft	126
	Thrift	128
	Tolerance	128
	Trials	130
	Truth	130
	Usefulness	132
	Virtue	132
	Wine	133
	Wisdom	134
	Woman	137
	Words	139
	Worry and Care	140
	Youth	141
	Index	143