“In my town we studied the five Books of Moses, but rarely the prophets. We studied the Talmud so much that I sometimes knew the prophets because of the prophetic quotations in the Talmud. We almost never studied the prophets themselves.”
Quote by Elie Wiesel
Author
Elie Wiesel
A renowned Jewish author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Elie Wiesel is known for his profound literary achievements and for recording and spreading the history of the Holocaust as a survivor. His works deeply reveal the terror of the Nazi Holocaust and the universal nature of human suffering. more
You May Also Like
“Judaism is in a sense a Rabbinic, Talmudic religion, rather than a Biblical religion.”
“I would not speak of Judaism as a Talmudic or Rabbinic religion. It's a Biblical religion.”
“In Jewish tradition the Talmud is said to have been given on Sinai.”
“We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story.”
“I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.”