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Créditos de la imagen: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)

Obras de Joseph H. Hertz

Sayings of the Fathers (1945) 206 copias
A book of Jewish thoughts (1921) 112 copias
Affirmations of Judaism (1927) 11 copias
Book of Jewish Thoughts (1938) 3 copias
Genesis 2 copias
Genesis 1 copia

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Nombre legal
Hertz, Joseph Herman
Fecha de nacimiento
1872
Fecha de fallecimiento
1946
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Hungary (birth)
Lugares de residencia
New York, New York, USA
Johannesburg, South Africa
London, England, UK
Educación
New York City College (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Ocupaciones
rabbi
Organizaciones
United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire
Premios y honores
Companion of Honour
Order of Léopold
Columbia University medal
Biografía breve
Born in Hungary and educated in New York, Hertz was the first graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and became the Chief Rabbi of United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire.

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One of the greatest pieces of wisdom literature.
 
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chrisvia | otra reseña | Apr 29, 2021 |
This book includes the five books of Moses and Haftorahs (selections from the Jewish prophets read in synagogue during religious ceremonies) along with commentary. The commentary is aimed at the general reader and elucidates and explains the spiritual and ethical teachings of the Torah. The English text is that of the American Jewish version.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 4 reseñas más. | Nov 26, 2019 |
Good excellent explanation of text of prayers
 
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Hilton_Kaufman | otra reseña | Mar 9, 2014 |
The Pirke Aboth is some wonderful, wonderful stuff. For this Christian reader—familiar with scholarship on Jesus' Jewish context but coming upon its contents for the first time all together—it was an electrifying demonstration of what is now commonly asserted but not necessarily experienced: the palpable connection between early Christian and Jewish language, rhetoric and moral concerns. But, of course, such resonances hardly exhaust its interest--even devotional interest for a Christian--and it rewards close and repeated reading from many angles and none. Half the moral contents seem, if not new, at least "ne'er so well expressed." The historical element is tantalizing--and best appreciated with a biographical dictionary close at hand. There's some rather interesting folklore too. (I had never heard of the shamir, Solomon's powerful worm.)

The Behrman House edition was published in 1945, and the text translated by the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, Joseph H. Hertz. The forward links the content and the times:
"It is at a turning point in history that this volume makes its appearance. All over theworld, the oppressed in bondage so long are at last shattering their bonds. The armies of fascism are being defeated. Yet the war against their insidious ideas must continue if we are to banish evil and intolerance from the face of the earth. And in the war the reaffirmation of the ethical and moral values of the Pirke Aboth can be a powerful weapon against the enemy."
I can't speak to the quality of the translation, although the notes occasionally give the most literal reading--a good sign. It is, in any case, quite readable. His footnotes don't always impress. A non-Jewish reader will find some of his explanations very helpful, but many are little more than a repetion of the text, and he is occasionally quite unconvincing, for example in his gyrations on the various misogynistic passages.
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Miembros
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