Little Stories, Big Gold: Financial Wisdom from the Talmud

Author: Zheng Dalong, translated by Jiang Rongzhe
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The wisdom of humanity is in the Jewish brains, and the wisdom of the Jews is in the Talmud. The Talmud is a classic of the Jewish nation, consisting of 20 volumes and over 2.5 million words. It records the oral traditions of Jewish scholars from 500 BC to 500 AD. The Talmud is a comprehensive work that embodies the wisdom of the Jewish people in living and doing business for 5,000 years and has had a profound impact on the development and life of Western countries. Historically, the population of the Jewish nation has never exceeded 20 million, yet they have made outstanding contributions to the development of world civilization. Approximately 30% of Nobel laureates are Jewish, and about 23% of the top 400 wealthy families in the United States are Jewish families. A multitude of familiar names, such as Einstein, Marx, Picasso, Rothschild, Morgan, Rockefeller, Greenspan, Soros, Hammer, Samuel, Mendelssohn, Freud, Benjamin, Husserl, Kafka, Heine, Proust, Ginsberg, Oppenheimer, Reuters, Pulitzer, Disney, Warner Bros., Menuhin, Spielberg, and many others, are all Jewish. The Jews believe that the secret of their success lies in the Talmud. This book carefully selects short, exquisite, and engaging fables and maxims containing Jewish wisdom from the vast works of the Talmud, allowing readers to open a window into the wisdom and wealth of the Jewish nation through enjoyable reading, thereby inspiring contemporary wisdom. Historically, the population of the Jewish nation has never exceeded 20 million, yet they have made outstanding contributions to the development of world civilization. Approximately 30% of Nobel laureates are Jewish, and about 23% of the top 400 wealthy families in the United States are Jewish families. A multitude of familiar names, such as Einstein, Marx, Picasso, Rothschild, Morgan, Rockefeller, Greenspan, Soros, Hammer, Samuel, Mendelssohn, Freud, Benjamin, Husserl, Kafka, Heine, Proust, Ginsberg, Oppenheimer, Reuters, Pulitzer, Disney, Warner Bros., Menuhin, Spielberg, and many others, are all Jewish. The Jews believe that the secret of their success lies in the Talmud. The Talmud consists of 20 volumes and over 2.5 million words. This book carefully selects short, exquisite, and engaging fables and maxims containing Jewish wisdom from the vast works of the Talmud, allowing readers to open a window into the wisdom and wealth of the Jewish nation through enjoyable reading, thereby inspiring contemporary wisdom.