The Status and Character Traits of People Engaging in Medical Practices
Hebrew
[However,] R. Judah used to say in his [Abba Guriya’s] name: The majority of the donkey drivers are wicked, but most camel drivers are decent [people]. The majority of the seafarers are pious. The best among the physicians [is destined] for hell [Gehenna], and the most decent among the butchers [is still] a partner of Amalek.1
Translated by Markham J. Geller and Lennart Lehmhaus.
Notes
[The butcher may also have served as a surgeon.—Trans.]
Credits
b. Kiddushin 82a, trans. Markham J. Geller and Lennart Lehmhaus, publication forthcoming. Copyright Markham J. Geller and Lennart Lehmhaus. Used with permission of the translators.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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