Pirke Avot - Sayings of the Jewish Fathers by Traditional Text
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both denying the doctrines of immortality of the soul and
resurrection. Se Kohut, _The Ethics of the Fathers_, p. 43; Schurer, _History_, II, ii. p. 29 _et seq._; Geiger, _Judaism and Its History_, p. 99 _et seq._; and _Jewish Encyclopedia_, arts. _Boethusians_ and _Sadducees_. (13) "The fear of Heaven" does not mean dread of punishment, but rather awe at the greatness and might of God, and is identical with love and service (see Deuteronomy, VI, 13 and X, 12). It is produced by following out the practices ordained in the _Torah_ (Maimonides, _Guide for the Perplexed_, ed. Friedlander, p. 392). Consult Friedlander, _Jewish Religion_, pp. 273-274, the _Jewish Encyclopedia_, art. _Fear of God_, and Schechter, _Aspects_, p. 72. 4. Jose, the son of Joezer, of Zeredah, and Jose, the son of Jochanan (14), of Jerusalem received (the tradition) from them (15). Jose, the son of Joezer, of Zeredah said, "Let thy house be a meeting-place for the wise; cover thyself with the dust of their feet (16), and drink in their words with thirst." (14) In _Chagigah_, II, 2, we are told that when two leading teachers are named in the _Mishnah_ as having received the _Torah_, they constitute a "pair" ([zug]), the first being the president([nasi]), and the second the vice-president ([av beit din]) of the _Sanhedrin_. There were five pairs of such teachers, flourishing between 170 and 30 B.C.E., the first being Jose b. Joezer and Jose b. Jochanan, and the last being Hillel and Shammai. See Frankel, _Monatschrift_, 1852, pp. 405-421, Mielziner, _Introduction_, pp. 22-23, and Strack, |
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