DESCRIPTION
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF THREE WORLDS is
a unique collection of
proverbs and sayings from Persian, Jewish and Western culture. Homayoon
Aram,
being an Iranian of Jewish faith living in
the United
States
is uniquely qualified to present the subject.
He has selected about 4,000 proverbs
and sayings from the
world of Persian, Judaic and Western literature and has divided them
into 129
diverse topics such as love, courage, charity, luck and war. The
proverbs come
from various sources: the Bible; the Talmud; sayings attributed to
historic
personalities; classic literature and modern literature. Some of the
wisdom is
oral and has been passed down by word of mouth from generation to
generation.
English proverbs are given and
accompanied by their closest
Persian equivalents. This collection makes the reader aware of the
similarities
of these apparently dissimilar cultures. Differences in culture can
also be
noticed. As one proverb states: “No like is the
same.”
AUTHOR
DR. HOMAYOON ARAM
was born in 1935 in Haftkel-Ramhormoz, a small town in South-Western
Iran. He
has studied both in Iran
and
the United
States.
He has published more than forty articles in both English and Persian.
In
addition to proverbs, he has done extensive research in theology;
monotheistic
religions; medicine and classical music.
He
is married with
six children-three sons, and three daughters-and presently lives in Massachusetts.
REVIEWS
I
thank Homayoon Aram for creating this instructive
and stimulating book; a handy reference work for the study of Persian
and
English proverbs.
--Professor
Farhang Mehr
I
warmly congratulate Dr. Aram
for the scholarship, erudition
and diligence displayed in the preparation of this masterful work.
--Rabbi
Michael Menitoff
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