The Pharisees: Preservers of JudaismAfter two thousand years of gross misunderstanding and misrepresentation, Hyman rescues the good name of the Pharisees from a polemical and tarnished imagery. The Pharisees were in fact common people who fought to preserve Judaism following the destruction of the Second Temple and the tragic loss of Jewish national life in the Land of Israel. |
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Page 32
... added protection of our guests was back with us . All were safe , he reported ; there had been no incident . " Then its only the unarmed our brave bandits attack , " my father commented . And as my mother nodded in agreement , I saw ...
... added protection of our guests was back with us . All were safe , he reported ; there had been no incident . " Then its only the unarmed our brave bandits attack , " my father commented . And as my mother nodded in agreement , I saw ...
Page 36
... added to his despair , was my father's anger . I came upon its venting twice , once when they were together in the field and the second time in the barn . What the argument was about , I had no inkling . All I heard as I came out of the ...
... added to his despair , was my father's anger . I came upon its venting twice , once when they were together in the field and the second time in the barn . What the argument was about , I had no inkling . All I heard as I came out of the ...
Page 39
... 'll not have it their way , those city slickers . " he muttered , much in the manner of my father . " But what can you do ? " and jestingly , added , " burn his field ? " " No , Nuri , " he was shocked , FRIEDA C. HYMAN 39.
... 'll not have it their way , those city slickers . " he muttered , much in the manner of my father . " But what can you do ? " and jestingly , added , " burn his field ? " " No , Nuri , " he was shocked , FRIEDA C. HYMAN 39.
Page 42
... added , " everything , but that lamb . " I watched helplessly as they took our stock and food . For all of Dorcas ' and Hyrcanus ' training , I was wild with rage . Some day . I thought , some day , I'll pay these two back for this ...
... added , " everything , but that lamb . " I watched helplessly as they took our stock and food . For all of Dorcas ' and Hyrcanus ' training , I was wild with rage . Some day . I thought , some day , I'll pay these two back for this ...
Page 44
... added hastily , " even if I should find him . " " To this ben Zakkai , nothing . There is nothing we could possibly say to him and his kind . But to my son , " and her tongue altered , " to ... to Eliezer , that he should come home ...
... added hastily , " even if I should find him . " " To this ben Zakkai , nothing . There is nothing we could possibly say to him and his kind . But to my son , " and her tongue altered , " to ... to Eliezer , that he should come home ...
Contents
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Chapter XIII | 137 |
Chapter XIV | 144 |
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118 | 335 |
155 | 368 |
Chapter XXXVI | 402 |
177 | 416 |
Common terms and phrases
accepted added Akiba answer arms asked become bless brother Chorazin commanded course Court dared dead death demanded Dena Dorcas Dosa Eliezer Eliezer's eyes face father fear fell finally followed Gamaliel gate grandfather HaMidrash hand head hear heard heart High Priest Hillel Holy Hyrcanus Israel Jerusalem Jewish Jews John Joshua judge knew land least leave lips live look lord Ludd Master mean mother Netanel never Nuri offered once pagan peace Perhaps Pharisees Priest question Rabban Rabbi remained remember replied Roman Rome Sabina Sages seemed Shabbat Shalom silence Simeon slave sons speak spoke stones stood sure sword tell Temple thought Torah true turned unto voice waited walls whole wife wonder Yavneh Yochanan ben Zakkai
Popular passages
Page 79 - And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi : seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them ? And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also?
Page 78 - And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.
Page 19 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people.
Page 377 - No proof can be brought from a carob-tree," they retorted. Again he said to them: "If the halachah agrees with me, let the stream of water prove it!
Page 424 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart...
Page 392 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 392 - AND there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
Page 16 - And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Page 34 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.