Hillel: The Kind Pharisee

Jewish tradition states that the oral law was transmitted from Moses to Joshua, from Joshua to the elders, from the elders to the prophets, and from the prophets to the men of the great assembly (Knesseth Ha-Gadolah). The members of the great assembly, called Soferim, or scribes, were believed to have originated with Ezra and Nehemiah after the Babylonian Captivity. The identities of many of the s

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  1. I would like to study Hillel more, to understand how Jews in Jesus’ time thought. I am doing a study on James and I assume his letter reflects Hillel’s teaching. Can you recommend a book on this, that I can purchase. Thanks

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