Although the Hebrew Bible has many references to capital punishment, the Jewish sages used their authority to make it nearly impossible for a Jewish court to impose a death sentence.

For the sages of the Mishnah and Talmud, and for their successors today, the study of Torah was therefore not merely a means to learn the contents of God's revelation, but an end in itself.

Maimonides ( 1135 – 1204 CE ) relates that until the Babylonian exile ( 586 BCE ), all Jews composed their own prayers, but thereafter the sages of the Great Assembly composed the main portions of the siddur.

) Because of their location, the sages of these Academies devoted considerable attention to analysis of the agricultural laws of the Land of Israel.

After the opening of the discussion by Rashbi, the sages rise, one after the other, and lecture on the secret of Divinity, while Rashbi adds to and responds to their words.

" Ahitophel of the house of Israel and Balaam of the heathen nations were the two great sages of the world who, failing to show gratitude to God for their wisdom, perished in dishonor.

" Ahitophel of the house of Israel and Balaam of the heathen nations were the two great sages of the world who, failing to show gratitude to God for their wisdom, perished in dishonor.

No single tractate of the key Rabbinic texts, the Mishnah and the Talmud, is devoted to theological issues ; these texts are concerned primarily with interpretations of Jewish law, and anecdotes about the sages and their values.

The sages of the Talmud believed that when they taught the Oral Torah to their students, they were imitating Moses, who taught the law to the children of Israel.

However, Du ' a literature is not restricted to prophetic supplications ; many later Muslim scholars and sages composed their own supplications, often in elaborate rhyming prose that would be recited by their disciples.

All of the sages in his lineage are known to have “ Angirasa ” or “ Angir ” as their last name.

The Rambam wrote that the great sages are not expected to advocate positions perfectly in-line with modern science because they were " scholars of that generation ," often basing their assessments of what " they learned from the scholars of the era.

The Hindu sages closed their eyes and meditated silently ( forms of Skt.

Few lived longer than their 70s and people who attained advanced age ( i. e. their 80s ) were rare enough to be a novelty and were revered as wise sages.

Nevertheless, these works are the basic " proof-text " cross-referenced by the Talmudic sages in their analysis and interpretation of the Mishna ; See Gemara.

Degel HaTorahs pre-eminent sages and guides are presently Rabbis Yosef Shalom Eliashiv and Aharon Shteinman, both well into their nineties.

The sages urged humans to discern this order and to live their lives in accordance with it.

In a sense, Smriti consists of the memories of wisdom that sages have passed on to their disciples.

" Such a doctrine, they insisted, demolished the essence of all their British ancestors had fought for, took the very savour out of that fine Anglo-Saxon liberty for which the sages and patriots of England had died.

Still other scriptures narrate that Kamadhenu was in the possession of either Jamadagni or Vasistha ( both ancient sages ), and that kings who tried to steal her from the sage ultimately faced dire consequences for their actions.

Many Hasidic rebbes and Rosh yeshivas of major Orthodox yeshivas are not required to " prove " to their flocks that they do or do not hold formal semikhah because their reputations as Torah-scholars and sages is unquestioned and esteemed based on the recommendations of trusted sages, and the experiences and interactions that many knowledgeable Torah-observant Jews have with them, which thus gives practical testimony based on experience that these great rabbis are indeed worthy to be called as such.

i. 24 ) refers to the ' potent names ' used by Egyptian sages, Persian Magi, and Indian Brahmins, signifying deities in the several languages.

He is specifically mentioned by Ben Sirah ( a writer of the Hellenistic period who listed the " great sages " of Israel ) and 4 Maccabees ( 1st century CE ), and by the 1st century CE historian Josephus, says that the prophet wrote two books.

The sages investigated the rules by which the requirements of the oral law were derived from and established by the written law, i. e. the Torah.

This meal is traditionally accompanied by consumption of alcohol, often heavy, although Jewish sages have warned about the need to adhere to all religious laws even in a drunken state.

The Mishnah refers to four signs provided by the sages.

The Mishnah reflects debates between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE by the group of rabbinic sages known as the Tannaim.

Although Rabbi Lipschutz has faced some controversy in certain Hasidic circles, he was greatly respected by such sages as Rabbi Akiva Eiger, whom he frequently cites, and is widely accepted in the Yeshiva world.

" The One Truth, sages know by many names " ( Rig Veda 1. 164. 46 )

The recitation of Vaisampayana to Janamejaya is then recited again by a professional storyteller named Ugrasrava Sauti, many years later, to an assemblage of sages performing the 12 year long sacrifice for King Saunaka Kulapati in the Naimisha forest.

Perhaps in our generation the counsel of our Talmudic sages may seem superfluous, for today the story of our enslavement in Egypt is kept alive not only by ritualistic symbolism, but even more so by tragic realism.

... how early this basic truth was recognized by the sages of India, since it appears as the fundamental tenet of the Vedânta philosophy ascribed to Vyasa, is proved by Sir William Jones in the last of his essays: " On the Philosophy of the Asiatics " ( Asiatic Researches, vol.

There are many references, properties and explanations of truth by Hindu sages that explain varied facets of truth, such as " Satyam eva jayate " ( Truth alone wins ), " Satyam muktaye " ( Truth liberates ), " Satya ' is

The major knowledge source in Hinduism is the vast knowledge achieved by the sages over thousands of years and stored in form of 4 vedas, 8 siddhis, 9 Niddhis and Major religious books, to say Ramayana and Mahabharata.

In the early 17th century, the manifestos caused excitement throughout Europe by declaring the existence of a secret brotherhood of alchemists and sages who were preparing to transform the arts, sciences, religion, and political and intellectual landscape of Europe.

Traditionally, each of the seven sages represents an aspect of worldly wisdom which is summarized by an aphorism.

When the Emperor Hadrian threatened to rebuild Jerusalem as a pagan city dedicated to Jupiter, in 132, Aelia Capitolina, some of the leading sages of the Sanhedrin supported a rebellion led by Simon Bar Kosiba ( later known as Bar Kokhba ), who established a short-lived independent state that was conquered by the Romans in 135.

During this period rabbis finalized the canonization of the Tanakh, and in 200 Judah haNasi edited together Tannaitic judgements and traditions into the Mishna, considered by the rabbis to be the definitive expression of the Oral Torah ( although some of the sages mentioned in the Mishnah are Pharisees who lived prior to the destruction of the Second Temple, or prior to the Bar Kozeba Revolt, most of the sages mentioned lived after the revolt ).

Even as it is being observed carefully ( or being investigated ) by sages, it vanishes like lightning.

Most likely they were popular proverbs, which tended later to be attributed to particular sages.

Regarding European Jewry, Avraham Grossman wrote, " Throughout the Middle Ages, which continued for about a thousand years, we do not find so much as a single women of importance among the sages of Israel ...

" " Idra " is a sitting-place of sages, usually circular, and the word " Rabba / Great " differentiates this section from the section Idra Zuta, which was an assembly of fewer sages that occurred later, as mentioned below.

Several great rabbis and sages have tried to find the Ra ` aya Meheimna, which originally is a vast book on all the 613 mitzvot, and arrange it according the order of positive commandments and negative commandments, and even print it as a book on its own.

Diogenes Laertius further states that Dicaearchus gave ten possible names, Hippobotus suggested twelve names, and Hermippus enumerated seventeen possible sages from which different people made different selections of seven.

Most likely they were popular proverbs, which tended later to be attributed to particular sages.

Hence, his existence is proved from his being the author of the Vedas, which he revealed to various sages over a period of time.

In the same period, the council of sages known as the Sanhedrin may have codified and canonized the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh ), from which, following the return from Babylon, the Torah was read publicly on market-days.

Diogenes Laertius, after quoting a famous epigram by Cleobulus ( one of ancient Greece's ' seven sages ') in which a maiden sculptured on a tomb is imagined to proclaim her eternal vigilance, quotes Simonides commenting on it in a poem of his own: Stone is broken even by mortal hands.

The main method by which they accomplished control of the Chinese heartland was by portraying themselves as enlightened Confucian sages part of whose goal was to preserve and advance Chinese civilization.

The Talmudic sages teach that Isaac was thirty-seven, likely based on the next biblical story, which is of Sarah's death at 127, being 90 when Isaac was born.

The universal truth which lies at heart of each religion has been rediscovered in each epoch by saints, sages, prophets and philosophers.

There the phrase ' ekam sadavipra bahudha vadanti ' ( that which exists is one, sages call it by various names ), is found in verse 1. 164. 46.

* The book is briefly mentioned in The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel ( 1532 – 34 ) by François Rabelais: " Far otherwise did heretofore the sages of Egypt, when they wrote by letters, which they called hieroglyphics, which none understood who were not skilled in the virtue, property, and nature of the things represented by them.

Hinduism has preached about humility and egoless state through numerous sacred scripts and sages which dates back to 5500 – 2600 BCE. Hinduism has influenced many originating religions like Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism regarding egoless state and nirvana or mukti. Eknath Easwaran writes that the Gita's subject is " the war within, the struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage if he or she is to emerge from life victorious ", and " The language of battle is often found in the scriptures, for it conveys the strenuous, long, drawn-out campaign we must wage to free ourselves from the tyranny of the ego, the cause of all our suffering and sorrow ".

Hinduism places faith in a Vedic proclamation which states that " Truth is One, though the sages know it by many names "; Hinduism has no conversion / reconversion rituals whatsoever — one is free to choose any religion he / she wants, follow any philosophy or belief one fancies and worship any god in a manner he / she deems fit.

The Rigveda says Ekam Sath Viprah Bahudha Vadanti which translates to " The truth is One, but sages call it by different Names ".

* the debt to the sages / scholars ( ऋष ि ऋण, rishi rin ), i. e. those who discovered knowledge, both spiritual and secular, over the ages, which now enriches the wearer's life.

From the 6th to 12th century CE, the Tamil devotional poems written by Nayanmars ( sages of Shaivism ) and ( Alvars, sages of Vaishnavism ) heralded the great Bhakti movement which later engulfed the entire Indian subcontinent.