SHAMMAI
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V24,
Page 799
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
SHAMMAI
, a Jewish See also:scribe of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Herod, whom tradition almost invariably couples with See also:Hillel (q.v.), with whom he stood in striking contrast, not merely in legal-religious decisions and discussions, but also in See also:character and temperament
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His See also:motto (Aboth i
.
15) reads: "Make thy study of the Thora a firmly established See also:duty; say little and do much; and receive every See also:man with friendly countenance." The last admonition is characteristic, as Shammai was choleric and brusque
.
The opposition between Shammai and Hillel was perpetuated by their respective See also:schools, till, under See also:Gamaliel II., the strife was decided at Jabneh in favour of the school of Hillel
.
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