Pirḳe Avot a modern commentary on Jewish ethics / edited and translated by Leonard Kravitz and Kerry M. Olitzky ; foreword by W. Gunther Plaut.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kravitz, Leonard S.

Olitzky, Kerry M.

Standardized Title:

Mishnah. Avot

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Mishnah. Avot--Commentaries.

Mishnah.

Mishnah. Avot.

Judaism--Doctrines.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 114 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : UAHC Press, [1993]

Summary:

This edition presents a fresh, new approach to a Jewish classic. Along with traditional commentaries from Rashi and Maimonides, readers encounter the wisdom of Eugene Borowitz, Emil Fackenheim, Lawrence Kushner, Anne Roiphe, Judith Plaskow, Maurice Eisendrath, and many others. Ideal for college and adult study.

Notes:

Text of Pirke Avot in Hebrew with English translation; introduction and commentaries in English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Mishnah. Avot. English. 1993.

ISBN:

0807404802 :

OCLC:

27266359