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A Treasury of Jewish Quotations

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The edition I have of this work was published in 1956. It is a very rich selection and has the signs of real scholarship and not simply amateur collecting. It organizes its entries alphabetically, and has the convenient device of numbering each entry. Looking down the list of citations I see many titles not read at all today.
It has much good Jewish religious thought but also a great deal of thought from all areas of life.
It is truly a wonderful source book.
A few examples from the Education entry.

"Education is that which remains, when one has forgotten everything one learned in school." Einstein
"We must endeavor to teach even the unintelligent." Rashi
" Thou shalt teach them diligently to the children." Deut. 4.9
" A Jew, however poor, if he had ten sons would put them all to letters, not for gain as the Christians do, but for the understanding of God's law, and not only his sons but his daughters." Abelard's School.Letter to Ephesians.

To express it in a simple form, this book is a must for everyone interested in philosophy, ethics and what the jews have said about diverse themes throughout history. Its quotations come from people who lived in different times, places and cultural settings but who shared one thing.