HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Telushkin, Joseph, 1948-
Subjects
Hillel, 1st cent. B.C./1st cent. A.D. -- Teachings.
Jewish ethics.
Beth Hillel and Beth Shammai.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Telushkin, Joseph, 1948-
by title:
Hillel : if not now,...
MARC Display
Hillel : if not now, when? / Joseph Telushkin.
by
Telushkin, Joseph, 1948-
New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2010.
Subjects
Hillel, 1st cent. B.C./1st cent. A.D. -- Teachings.
Jewish ethics.
Beth Hillel and Beth Shammai.
ISBN:
9780805242812 :
0805242813
Series:
Jewish encounters.
Description:
xix, 243 p. ; 20 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Part 1 : "While standing on one foot" : the unique teaching of Hillel. Hillel, the most ardent of students ; Hillel's rise to leadership ; "While standing on one foot" ; Hillel and the three converts ; Repairing the world ; Five traits -- Part 2 : Hillel versus Shammai : the Talmud's most famous adversaries. Hillel the interpreter, Shammai the literalist ; Thieves, brides, and when lying is a virtue ; Issues regarding women ; Shammai beyond stereotype ; Two Torahs : deciding between Hillel and Shammai -- Part 3 : Hillel and Jesus. The Jewish sage and the Christian Messiah -- Part 4 : Lessons from the first century for the twenty-first century--and beyond. "Teach everyone" : outreach in the first century ; "The highly impatient person cannot teach" : for today's teachers and parents ; "One who is bashful will never learn" : why it is essential to question ; "Do not say, 'when I have [free] time, I will study,' lest you never have [free] time" : the eternal challenge ; "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am [only] for myself, what am I?" : passionate moderation ; Final thoughts : why we need Hillel now more than ever.
Requests:
0
Summary:
"What is hateful unto you, do not do unto your neighbor. That is the whole Torah, all the rest is commentary. Now, go and study." This is the most famous teaching of Hillel, one of the greatest rabbis of the Talmudic era. Hillel's teachings, stories, and legal rulings can be found throughout the Talmud; many of them share his emphasis on ethical and moral living as an essential element in Jewish religious practice. Perhaps the most prominent rabbi and teacher in the Land of Israel during the reign of Herod, Hillel may well have influenced Jesus, his junior by several decades. In a provocative analysis of both Judaism and Christianity, Telushkin reveals why Hillel's teachings about ethics as God's central demand, and his willingness to encourage converts to Judaism, began to be ignored in favor of the stricter and less inclusive teachings of his adversary, Shammai.--From publisher description.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
296.12009 Te
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.