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In this edition of the well-known Jewish classic, Berkson helps us see that Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) is more than just a fundamental religious text; it is also a compelling, contemporary ethical guide. Berkson looks at the individual sayings, or mishnayot, through the interpretations of the great Jewish commentators and also within the broader context of Western thought—through views...

PIRKE AVOT (peer-KAY ah-VOHT) is an anthology of the sayings of the greatest post-biblical Jewish Sages. It is one of the great wisdom books of world literature, with its only peers being such classics as the Analects of Confucius, from ancient China, the Enchiridion of Epictetus, from ancient Greece, and the Dhammapada of Buddha, from ancient India. Like those other works, in some respects it shows its ancient origins. Yet, like these, it also speaks straight to the heart with a timeless
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