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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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