The Sages Speak: Rabbinic Wisdom and Jewish Values

by William B. Silverman

Book Overview

Organized by subject, this is a collection of teachings and quotations from the Talmud, the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, and ancient and modern religious and secular writings. Writers include Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hebrew poet Hayim Bialik, Cynthia Ozick, Emile Zola, Albert Einstein, Bruno Bettelheim, Gertrude Stein, Irving Howe, and Maimonides. In commentary that explains why these teachings remain meaningful to Jews today, Rabbi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568214103
• ISBN13: 9781568214108
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.8"