SigPhi · Maimonides

The eight chapters of Maimonides on ethics (Shemonah perakim);

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" Ma -f no. is Ma > nwn&...n^3D3. Br nin-'na. i» So rrnan, 20 Ma So > nton\ 21 Ma pi. 22 Ma DDYililJW So DiTmaw».

» Ma pi. 2« Ma H33na. ^ Ma "in«V. 2e Br So -f ^3.

27 Br So > Dfc.

37 i p-iB n-p-iB naiet?

rial vnpn ntyn D«np itr« nn 5 nniK wip n»«i /tti n^ntran "pym,nan« nis pa,7) no ^s p awn nn ^Bn 10 witt 19no^i 18>i2Di /71nm«nty no njr&K ^y mio jpisn nt i Ma > ntm nai. 2 Ma onnan. s So V(n«. « Ar. yw.

5 Ma nn D^IMS. e Ma ]W\. 7 Br ona. 8 Ma + nn.

9 Br So nan. « So + ^. " So nt. 12 Ma p. «s So > 15 *6p. « So ppinew. » Ar. nosa taayi = iwaa ^wa^; see p. 36, notes 5 and 31. 16 Ar. a^"» p^Bini "and a wonderful reconciliation". " Ar.

. Br inianfi«». ^ Br Ma naa. 19 Ma i pns o^nc naio» 36 3 8^8 nt nn *6i,iaaa Vna nsr nana 2^nan ^a na«i anann aa itoaa ny* 211 ^ bna waaa ^ ni8na m«n 48,-w iv* anp nta inn p pya» )m m»« «im,minn smoNn 5 nei "nt nnnio ]n natwian n>nnn onoKan w «sBWBi plan « Him,^3 an^D «^n )s8i,n»8 nmv ^8,15ppyn)w,ntn« ^ ^a» na« i»« 17)n mjn D^iDi^sn ^8 )n T»« nijnnt? 10 nn a vw n8 »na*i nn^8 i»ni«n^ ISB awn om,i rap nni8 i«ip^,26pro^ 25vn n^8i nnaa *6 248^8» 15 pun ]^8i ^sni^D^n n«an ananan 8V nawnn »san»i,n"ion «\T» 1^8 ppin» anann ^a« fana nyaana 29*iyasn 8"?i ^a myin 180 ia* nwnn ibiDii awn 32"inv ana 31njp »aian» soa^aann on^j? natw rn «V minn 8VaV8{y n»8 nti ^snrya^n nmnn an,^na 20 na« nt nsai,^a n"y anaan nai minn 378{?8 ana jw» 9^8 na« » Ma > ^3. 2 Br!?ni». s Ma So IP. < So nrr6. s Ar.

HDB3 B3NS = l»Bi3 ^0; see n. 31, and p. 37, n. 15. Ma > nvnj^...Nnn?. 25 e iTHtni...Nrrw = Ar. ]« Kinai nosi B3«s |«D3«^N \\y \» "that man should govern his soul, but they forbid that". Br So VTlTruntf IV. ^ Ma B"»K. a Ma (T>D«. a Ar. ^«^m |n ]i»ot» ]an "in«. 10 Br bib. » Ma > wsx s« a^nn n»3 "jDN1?. « So "B^>. 13 Ma So 'awsB. »* Bi- nt, is Br -J3. is Thus Ma = Ar. *i«^3 "diversity". Br So npbm. 30 " So > )n. is Br So mNn&n;o. i» Ma So nVui TOJJI. 20 Ar.

]"^«1^X. Br So DM D.N. 21 Br So nBNff. 22 Br So Dn^y.

23 I. T. > Ar. D«bobK DiT^y. 2* So -fy»vf. 25 Ma So nn. 26 Br Ma So yny^j. " So o^wsnn. 23 Ar. rfapj^K r«iw^«. So rise.

29 Ma nyasnn. so Ma o^Dbn. si Ar. noBil? D3t«VN ]« = wsaa ^icnw; 35 see n. 5, and p. 37, n. 15. 32 Ma > one. So -f- xin. 33 Ma ton for on. Ar. JTOBD^N »*Ki»b«. 3* So m«. 35 Ma D». 36 Ar. toa\ Ma So n\T. ST Ma So pi. 33 Br l^»»n», later hand. 39 Ma VN.

m< n« wawn pi ntojmn Tonn p IBM Bne en n» nijnn «ini snmtan rwy^i,WBI nittni im«ni vnvo no nn« lo^ivBa T»»i win neaonai,12)n^« rpm m«nn «ini vi awn Toro i,jnn 10 m innaw ne^ 2sm«i 27D^ain ,pyn 3°nD D^oan nan is ran^« nwn» «^> nsy«o D^ invi awn viv nn inn awn inr sigr^n nw I»K te» ne«» ny,onmna nta w^am,^ni inv pmna nytwni nway^ inpwn 32,Tnn Ar. title nosa^ »n«s^«i &tt&ta p pis^M ^B = Vwiisni Tonn p i»« . See Ko., p. 92, n. 8. 2 Ma > WB33. 3 tWWn 20 Ar. H^M&^M. Ma Q-'awnn. *-Ar. n«T^« = D^tsn. «!?» p^n — Ar. *)btO "differ with, disagree, object, oppose". 6 Ma So ^K. 7 Br > vh». s Br marg- niaiBn ntw^i. '» Ma nn^K nvnoo. «o Br So in^ws^. i» So > vh». « Ma > V"i"^«. 13 Ma D'BDi^anD.

u Br TDn». « So + it?B33. «6 Ma + D'&unV'&n ia. » Edd.

25 wsaa b»i&n» no« ^a«. »» Ma tois!?N. »• So > imx nww.

20 Ma npwn». »t So wsaa. 21 So n"»n». 23 Ma > IB«.

2* Ma »i. Js Ma nnetr. 26 Ma + ^. >T Ar. j»it»^« = miwr.

2« Ar. pB«iab« "agreeing". 29 Ma + ^y. 3° Ma m ^»y. 31 So m«n.

« So + ini".

n pis n'p-iB MIB» 34 ,J?BD 4«in nn,DsDty Dty VJT mn na^'^wi inw«i» no iijptf mi,pnsn ma imonpnn 1 Ma So nbKitf. 2 Ma rb*.

» I. T. > Ar. MnsDO1?** rnn "B = unseen n«ta. < Ma in».

33 naai 4)vy nnonna natwian ny nnaan poynn1? »p m s,"nw^n moo w» ny m 10 n pis D'pis n«a rm V't ana« Kim,maann bifi nat anann p,nwn wo1? aw TNI »sri row? Damns'? pan "nniani DTK nws nino nanna ,19n«o nannen n«tt? jrn nn«i «in.n nann inn naai,29« n« nan« «im nnx nan moo ^ei onjn 7ann ^aa na«i p m 31pyn m 20 s"v« na«n «vn n^an «inn tysb tr»n» V'n nn^ay nan1? I nnspa ^a pj^n nt rry D^oan i^a naai,nn« ns» nn^ay ia n«o na^» n«nin yn nt to ^y nnia nt Br Br "Vtbrh. 3 Br l?»ni. Ma 25 Tiarm. So -n»m. * Ma \>y<y Ton na. 5 nnttj?n "turbid" = Ar. n2»S^«, "difficult, hard". Br edd. nnwan. So > nnw»n. « Ma *|U.

7 Br So W1W3. s So TlX. 9 Ma > p Di. 10 Ma )r»3.

11 Br w^n. 12 So + iin. 13 Ma «Diini. So -|- «nmnan '!?» ne« nn.

14 So l^K. Ma rwn. is Ma n«Wj> So iTtW. is Ar. '3«1«VK1 = 30 D^am. " Ar. 2K"fil7«i = n^iam. is miem == Ar. rww "and difficult to reach". Mss. edd. miOHl, which goes back to a very early scribal error. is Br 1KB 1NO. Br > ^VU. So > 1NO.

20 So -ox. 21 So!?na IK pep. 12 So > nai.

23 Ma n^a ^>K. 24 Br!?arfin. « Ma Ka\ 26 So Kinn Ma > K"nn. 27 Ma So > inw tm.

28 So > tvbyn. « I. T. > Ar. TH'JK. So v'»n. so Ar. OKW?K Dn^J) «^3KbK "the prophets" etc. 3i So > « Br > ii»Ki. 3S Ma n&Di nsp TK.

3< Ma i^>Ka owyn So ^a nnwm.

35 n pna D'piB naiat? 32 nina a rwerv Ha. nwn 2 inK>3D ^oni IBII Jnwna ia nityoa yiiD s^ao WBI poynni,Dnste *)iin na« nn TBPK t?Bin ,nijnn pi nioann p «ime^ no to pi,nvte»n nityoai nnen noi,6Dna-n p n »p«,KYin n^anV 70 jno Kint? no ,D^nnn »IBDI,patwin smteBO K<nn n^ana ^ ntyin 5 nanni "D^p»en ro^m /ononinte w^wwo nmn^i nsieni wa ^s»n nan ^nni,te»n 12mr6 nna miian rrm nt i^ nwi,VI^TO 14sns^n »pnn njrr pip on«^ isy^^ pi,a0n nw^jno nn^o« "ny^ nn JTCW wsia prn nms i« n^jnn in WBI^ w«^» noa «"?« ian^ 715 10 i« 2on^D i« n^yo nat^a IK n^yaa IK noana IK,IBIIO 19iK rm* DK niiJ^ onan niinonn sl?j;a n^p ^,niu» 21i« nm 6i ono ipnnn^ TV Qi« ^a *?SK D"iDn^> ia wyea 'n11 HBK n«"in K^n,n^jnD KNHI a^ina Kin ^ n» bi D^non IIDDI,22)jtt3 p« ntyy»ai is no pi ia niiian pK an^ini o^aien natyi ••KII'? man ninnonn /(n^Kn aoitsn 711 24^nK DTK 'i ^ piyn nt ^K pan? ^ ^,IKD nann inoxoo nta i^ia11 28K^> DK Dvi^Kn,maa ant Dipn nity^ IK anta D^nan 20 rrnn» ny wnbn moo ^^nTi,«nan» na WBI 1 So 12. So nitnas. 2 Ma V»i. 3 So ^no. * So 5 So [p«]» nea bnn'-w ••s ^» «|«i. « onan...]"« = Ar. rr* 7 Ma So + 12. s So rtww. 9 Ma 1BD IK. 10 Ar. n "geometry"; Br no^an^K Ma KOTinto So nman b« edd. noiann ^>«. « Ma 25 n So + onn. is So -f 1^. u Ma nsien. 18 Ma for TIT nt. is Ma ris^T pp!?. » So ^ama. 18 So wa11^.

>» So > IK waaa. »o So i^we for nbwts IK. ai So > IK. « Ma So > |»aa ^IK niwaai. 23 So + iiaots. s* So ^UK. J5 So •>a-no. is nnn d'jnn...H^KH aitsn = Ar. TK^IK..."^IKH. 27 So + ^K. 30 28 Thus Br Ma = Ar. N^K Sr&K "unless, unless possibly", Lane. So DWH N1? DK D\n!?Nn; edd. K1? DN D'Kan, D"Kan being an attempt to correct the mis- understood trn^Nn thought to be an adjective modifying Vliaa; cf. Ro., p. 109, n. 1. See on this passage Bacher, Gedenkbuch Kaufmann's, p. 193. See also Saadia, Emunot we-De'ot (ed. Slucki) p. 32, and further p. 115. 35 where |K «"?K DH^K = Heb. 'D. Cf. Moreh, I. 76, Second Argument: p 'ai n^nn Kb DK (edd. n^n^Kn) D^nbKn anann; II. 22: a^wn «|ni»a ban '31 IttK11 »b DK (D7l!?K n"i); and Scheyer on al-Harizi's translation of this passage; also Munk, Guide, I, p. 453, n. 4, a moins, par Dieu!, and Ibn Daud, Emunah Ramah, p. 53. 29 Ma prTVI. so Br mjtt. 40 31 n piB nnb vty 2vnjmn DM pi, lorfc nwne Di«n Bfiat?,ma*ijm waani maaa *tos&ni,nw ^oai owan njro^a rrvDs men TID^I psan avrw noo 6nta *«vai rosvi nrrcrn mam nwoa nanan ivtem,»ia s^w? nt ^aa naiiam,naoo 5 iwiD n^an r?rr "peon mapa poyrwa pi,naan no V "»pnn nt no V "»pnn nt ]o miay nnirpai rrna^ H\TI nwosn ^nntonn ^K y^anai, 10 wri^VB "iV^a na sa, "nnaam nan«a r« n\in «bi,m!?nan nniayn ni«n» on« tysaty mn aia ^nn?K anj; pto nt,owns nin-'D^ i« n»p ^in^ nao iTiT» «in Da»«,22 Q^ «^n nty«o m«n ^>yis nt 15 WK ^y» n\T Daa«i,iei p«oan te*n anyn pi,inB vn^ysa m«n aa ntai njnn VIB 27nn ptan 20 nt nnaty iea o,TDH nt p«i ^aV 3«n^nn p inie^i isia nwna won 32n«an i« te«on n«an 3lnn«n nt ina,ni«nan rwan no » Ar. WBnofi^K nTn^N rpn»^H nfi»B^«3 "by appetising, agreeable, and 25 palatable food". 2 Ma TYIWVT. 3 Thus Ma = Ar. '1K11D 0^3 "black gall". Br mvw mno So (t? mo edd. minty me. * So tonsai. 5 So . « Ma So era. ' Thus Ma = Ar. xi\tbx nmoi Br ••bin mnen So edd. min»n man ^n. » So + n«. • Ma > IBW. »o Br So yi»» map^. " So msiapa. »2 So -j-nn. « So n«i&in. 30 H Ma nrfcsn. « Ma > mman) So nnwsi. »« I. T. > Ar. »ib«j?s« = liT^ws. »7 Br So mne«n. i« So «a"». '» ib...»B3» = Ar. Vit» "appetible". « p^ttt = Ar. ^'l» nso "unwholesome, and harm- ful". Ma 1^ pno. 21 So namm. 22 So + bw Vw. 23 Ma > «in. 2* So TI for o^n ton. '» So nenaa. z« Va«'»a for Ar. Nns 35 ^it»n "when he takes or reaches for". 27 Ma ™arg. n» ^Wtsn...na!?. 28 Ma > nt. 29 Ma any ba«. So rv^an. so Br n^Vnn p So at Ma > nn«n. 32 Ma > n«in. 33 So no 'BD 5njnn o wei niro pnsa man nnan pten p -maty nj; na 2'n«inn « inira t« rrnn « »pnn nt "jyi 10 inwn nahrw 35I1DD 34ni«iB"in noan pi 1 Ar. ij^isn 'S. uiy0 "to turn, change direction"; Lane "employ", Poc. dirigendis, Wo., Ho., Richtung, but here rather "employ, make use of, as 15 I. T. 2 I. T. -j- mn3« onnn. 3 Ma m«. 4 Ar. mino* "subjugate". Br TMW So Tin* Mi. Edd. napKr^, sAo/e^ of nay, "subject, subjugate". » So nunn. « Ma "as^». ' Ma n1*^ Rim. » Ma So -f- Ten; Poc. + semper. 9 Ar. b'n w n^« Ma n11 Kinn. " So > V'l. »» Ma So WI»D1. u Ma So n»^. •' Ma W\ »* Ma ni^PBts. 20 I. T. > Ar. nin. is Ma SO\ i' Ma m. i» Ma So WwnW31. So mtnaa. 20 Br So D'a^an. ^ Br > nupi So nwpV. 2J Ar. ^ So niosnn. 23 Ma > niapi. 2* Ma w^ern. '* Ma 26 Ma mi. 27 Ma n«an^. »» Ma nnwm. 29 go rwnann. so Ma >,T,T. si yv vbz == Ar. ma "hateful, disliked". 25 Ma + Kb. 32 Ma pa. ss Ma -f- «"?«. 3* So niOB-in. ss ^3 for Ar. ]« ^ro, I. T. evidently having correctly read \o instead of |K.

29 n piB D' n'n & -pan* imioyan unaNBn as»n iwpaa w DVD atww jnv ,2pyn nta v6« naia DJOP TV ats6 titrco *6 IWIJKI,ojna : SDTJD n«i,myn n« n^p^ni ntson n« np « nowity rrnnn ^BDO pso liinn V2« ny^n raioo ii«ss mm 5 Ton VWVB w Diwn nwao 8<|D inn 10 invws2 n«m nait "vmmw D»n D "now v^y nnDi pyn m •pi D^ 14*opn h*,D\n^« isy»^ ^«n« -JTT nan io«i» na"pn nn UTWD n»« pyn inn,«iaDm nwn «in i«nowi,15>p nn ^Tnsty inw«"i» no -njw nn fnwa « So w«i. i I. T. > aia t6i. 3 Ma > DTM...jvp»m. 4 So 15 Ma nm. * Ar. p»«% imper. "compare". 6 Ar. nv. So TOJP. 7 So WI3 b«. s Ma > ^3. 9 Ar. m» KD ^KJ^I "and lie will procure what is with Him". »o Ma n^oan So + In. " Br > 110«1. « So + (Mi oa) 'nn rriwoi. 13 Ma nj?iBr«2. i* Thus Ar. Br Ma So npn.

is Mss. edd. DPI K|?K DBn. »• Mas. edd. nowm or rm-wn. " Mi 20 piB o-'pia njustf 28 2nimnBn nnon wy n^? D^ pi,irow 103 jnn n^yo 3iionpntp 103 To pimi Kin n33 noK 133 ,6)310 )ono m^a»n nityo^i nnon K^> naya )n "IOK,snain nna m cno s£5 nK nnno ntyK >v /aanipn ^ owoKn K? )r o»n IK TDK Kin rry "iKem to m,sniK Dn^^p K^ I»K ^y,13nnno '•oa 10 Kim nnan "ni^yoe n^yeo 15ni«pn ]o THK ns^ ;wi onion *o iyoty no«n niitm ns1? nw )s«ty oipon ^KT»S my ^ oyo imaa DTK Do o»n Wn Kin Kinn »^n "pa ma mn n^iyn "nn^n ^>K nnn y^nb D^JJB vm 22ono^ 21vn nmoi 15 ,i:iK3tr IOD,jnn ni^iyso Kim oyan 24i^y nnno ™\*W* nex ^ '^Bin nuDno njn ^o ny vto\ 2'D^ao ay we mn K^ Kim, nrwi nm»ia» naapn» ns»iK ny y* IK TDKV no hy\,nsoDnn **raw 103 nia 2o 32mo nimns i*? )^K 31n"y i Mi VUBD. 2 Ma nwn&n. 3 So « AT. y«p3 ]KD3«W p"1 ]« 12 «V n« "since necessarily man has vices".

KS&V Br on marg. later hand. » plO ]01tO = Ar. «n»fi; So ]31D pa Mi 7 Mi nsoa. 8 ^>«p ^^^ «n"B vo nps «'33«^« ana «e« "as 35 to the books of the prophets they say much in them concerning this". 9 I. T. -f rtinn DV vas^oai. »o Ar. noi. " Ma + owaan. " So > -O3. 13 I. T. 4- narws naa ^ n«. >* Ar. naini nbo «in; So wen i!?3 nt V1B1. » Ar, dual. t« Ar. ^«iB^8 p H^B p. Br Ma > r6»t£> So nto»D^.

" o»n l^p p^p^ = Ar. rrV» nbb« npj, "God blamed him". Cf. infra, c. VIII, 30 p. 49, n. 29, and p. 55, n. 10. is Ma DM. »» p3 = Ar. pn 'B "with regard to", Friedlaender, Selections, p. 113, note to p. 51, line 3. So »inn isr-to for «inn »s»n pa. 20 So vninantsi vm^j?Bia». '» So > vn rna-roi. 22 Ar. 'a nnp« "imitate". " Ma m»rg. nn^>sn.

2* Ma > vto. So 13. >s Ma + 13. >« Ar. '3, Mss. edd. 'B. 27 Ar. 35 DKW "laymen, common people". 28 on!? n^SB *6 ]» «^1 "and those who did not possess virtues". 29 So invottf. 30 Ma Mi NB». 31 Br 3» Ar. pbb n!?n-> rrt p in «D. So rtv. 33 Ma So 27 T p^B Q'pns nspn p pwn 2p VJKI,n»ian Mian ijpani nnyn won 3 lion -nan *6 /w irvny n« roam rrain new nanan an V'n;nn«n /jraoNn TYIS *nKaw p DJ nanan an men? ny /w lea,Dnann »£K ty *pmnV ^man pao p IDW» ne ^y 3 ]w,ni^yan p nanp rrrp "n^vn ^1 nwipnn »^jn snip^n p p KJPI «^n«n nspn ^« jrm jns Xs? «im «Vsi inr ^a snv»ty K^ 13iai pyn ma 10 D»SV ^»y ts^apen nina nan omi» y^nn pnsja «anv» ^ai "•n^K ai,jiB6n ma DBT n»«,nmo« «pya nwy^ ny D^nii IDIK nnK» K^K is.Tnnn 17>]^ mofctt? "HD 7^ K^ prer ^n nwa 2°irot T»K v^vn 19Kin nn,tnnK nnan jpnon 15 m^yan ^K pa^ 7*017 plan ma vnyiarc no ^ao aiiKann mn nKisnn ns by vb* ^rmspn p nsp ^K JHD « y ptnnn!?

vrbn 2<riaK» ia«ty yrwai,n^ana npm 20 is,«inn 25na«n »msw ny i Ten wne "nan? 27^ 71* 2enn nn«n p, no ^ai;DV DV wei niian pna^i vn^iya ^p nynn miann n-^ K^I nKWia nn»s m«pn p > Ma nmni Br rim. a So ^. 3 Br Ma nwn So "is 25 B-K. 4 So l«ttni. s Ma lb«3.. * Ma 11D«. ' Ma 4- "io«i». s Br So to; Ma mpix. 9 So wp5»n toi menpnn hv.

10 Ma pwr ^jn. « Ma nn nw»o Mi mwo. 12 Ma insn.

»* Ma > in. »* Ma Kin. » Ar. na» "like the appearance of, similar to, a sort of". Ma p». i«a Some edd. 'fi*i. 1 6 Ma So naa.

30 IT Ma So > ih. is Ma So mm. is So > «m. 20 Br So irottf.

21 Br So + "ft. 22 Ar. dual. ss ^>« T«95r» == Ar. ^« i«nrr.

24 Ar. ntsoi «UJ?K p == isii na«D. S5 Ma -OK&. 26 obwn m«n •= Ar. ^D«D^>« ]KD3N^«. "Wo., der Mensch, wie er sein soil. In support of this translation, Wolff (p. 29, n. 1) says, So ist hier wohl sinngemaJS ^^^ zu 35 nehmen; "vollkommen" ware unpassend, da "Vollkommenheit" (im Denken und Handeln) ja erst erstrebt werden soil". But Munk, Guide, I, 77 )«D3« be«D = homme parfait. " Ma > ^. " Ar. "Hi «»!?3B "as soon as he sees". 29 Ma nwp.

pis DspiB nutstp 26 nn&no ini« awiyt? no ansny w^ &w,ana DM ^ nano i7w ••ID, train rv\roh i\chn TTT ty «^« arwviKan piBBi nvw ww pnsn nta 2inNat? no <sa ayo insn nsn ^« no matt «^> minnt? Kim,"wa« TOO 8ono niyta int,p na Vi na*an n«t ^BD «•?« rvmsv no nnns «^i ITIDKBP 5 te«en iiotw f*fcnnn *w ^ "inv nn«n nsn p noi nahpn by nnnwm,nmo«n «n o«n ~^K ^sD^^ nnmo ny« nt b 103 ara imyioi ^awon oyo^ "wnnin SODH nw m ta njn nwnn an nspo "pninn^ a»n inra Dio« ^ia 12nti,pinioa 10 ny tsyo n«inn rwsvi mj^n TS •?« ywon p n«j6i ^ni pnn :nnvnn nii^n i^nwaaa "pmnw ,nna»m,&p^m,nn»yen 15ni^nio mina» no to pi anp D nt,n»no n-npt»m,^aw ^anaBf pi,16rMiyni ^nsm 2<>pnn n^ain rwpo ™pn~bv TV "^ ai» »p*uvo 15 nina 24nia"ioi nnoo pty DD o«son nisen an aipn «^> nowa Bin r6i«ai,25nTtDim,nospin ITIBK» 102 pi,«nm Byan na vfcrvv TV,Bpn apn,airvn airv,n*^ n-nm,aipn nan? ••iso pi,ni^an mian TiBnt? nv,aa^n 20 « naa;w |pt Dessau, 1809; Groningen, 1845; Lemberg, 1876, have nJ5K2, with note endeavoring to explain the passage. i Ar. bns« = inv owa. 2 Br > no. So u-oi. » Ma WSJB ww. * Ar. iTiH^K nni ^P "by means of the practice of good works and prayers". 25 5 So o^awan. 6 Ma mbwsn. ' 7n»n» msi = Ar. ij^sw "trouble, fuss, ceremony". Ma -p!ttn» ntil. 6 Thus Ar.; Mss. n»K TOVO or •WK nwro. Mi n»« roiroa. » Edd. nwipi nwx (or rains) nuiro 7ns». >o Thus Ar.; Mss. and edd. nttjn. " lyniin ^tsan = Ar. «33«^«; Ma So 'in. 1J Br Ma m. " (D pninn!? own inw = Ar. nsis« 30 ^K "God prescribed it in order that we should go away from". Ma > tam. WW (Ma) == rtSlB« Br So liW. "We expect prnnitf instead of «* ptnm aar^nnw n» = Ar. rarir. "nn So a^nnnv Mi rrnra.

Edd. wnaa. »« Mi nMw BIBI. Mi mWw. » ra anp = Ar.

anp. Edd. |nn»a. i» Ma na^. 19 Ma pmw». 20 So pwi. 35 Thus Ma. Br So rrap^, see supra, n. 17. 22 Ma naiann. 23 Br ]ha.

m^iiei mnfi^b |rw = Ar. m*n np. See st*pm, n. 4. 25 rrvwm Ar. DHpnwbH. s« Br lain ^ae. So ^aa.

25 T pis O'pns naie» no ^a«s,2rpy»D«n Troop no ronis6 nana no nntw,wa nto rrvnrm,»IBU niyn? *i sTosm Tya»n pat? *i,nnnai 5 now,a>wn ty N&n TBWD 12vty TBSI Tm HTD« ^nbapa Nap no IDS :noai nea firm no n« 10 nt ^n^y ity«a inn ^onn tyina naa«n own na» a^aty nt T^^ai ^ona TIDDI anos 27p nn«,o^nwn nn«i n^ai«n nn« 15 -iBK1? m«as « noK na na p ni nowm D^aito o^jno^i 20 vbvn nvT nna I^K nnon mtyo nn nn 3ono«{y jrn ,^i»n pnsa i Ar. KT3& "by nature". 2 So mttOMn Ma wtJ«n. » ib nwtsw no = Ar. n^ NO. * Ma > ^irca hvt^h...nnwi. » So mvnoa. 6 a of 25 WTO = "practising" or "seeking". nilfiNI == Ar. *)K5»NbM "and justice". Ma naiDKa So rui&Nai. 7 Ar. «|ina^K "caves". s So -vvm itssn.

• Ar. ransn DD^K '•pW ]« «^1 "and that he should not reduce his body to destitution nor torture it". K> Ar. ^pi^N tOKi «02 "according to that which tradition brings to us". " Mi 1BK1. 12 I. T. > ]ron.

30 13 I- T. +!?"». So V'n. Br > "01. «4 Br Ma > rn. So «b« for to.

» So 4- n-iBD -pi*. '6 Br "» ntn Ma •'D no So nt noi. « Ma Mi nani. is lymin ••osm = Ar. «anjn» n«ini "and those who handed down our Law". » Mi vn». 'o Mi ^y. 21 Ma 2«nn». " Mss.

and edd. cb\B but Ar. n«»^« 'B = nam "a year". Error goes back evi- 35 dently to I. T., who must have read D!?«P "Q or D^«JJ^>K SB = D^M. J3 So > i^j). 2* Mi u6. " So »'aan iiT-otb -no« «im. 26 Mi '3. " Mi ^^ inw. 2* iwra = Ar. b«nn»«V«a = rather, 'IIBD. " Ma > nitox. so Ar. noun ]«. »» Ar. bbo^«i; Wa = "people, nations". Ma maiOK3. Edd. Basel, 1804, and Slutcki have correct reading. Edd.

n piB D"pn& naiot? 24 vna p i,ia*naya Drrnno IDBHO nns^ ny ,iT'y rPBV 4«^MH 31BNDD JH BIN B n rh* wy a^Tanrw 'a^aan iNn "IP*OI,«an:na rmy ,8amaa vim aatwia antot unai maia ant? ia»n,nw^iD ijn^ 5 moi n^»yo DOSV^» wp orw 12 rani *jun ww n»n ^to,11DB6 m«n n^iycn I^MBP ^T «^ nm, DO m» nnaii nin ipt?nt? n^«Bnn os«^a 10 23^^^,^2 22^iiepD«i,21nwnp^p tj won p wteii n^no weinai p»n one ipoei anw nnp^ ^nnni,na ww ^in nn i^« p,pso «^»a n^n :w^"on hy n«is"in anp^a pso «?a nwcan is V><1 nnin,31n^iis rr^y Tyn» loa iini« aonD^on nonsnn mwn n«n fnre nan mai ^sb,SHB naono nia«i VI<| nny, , ^ Ar. ]«i nn?Kj>B« rrni Dnp«S2« "l«D& «iTB ]WpW «Ofi Dnmw "when they saw that by associating with them and witnessing their deeds they might become perverted, and that by having social intercourse with them they feared their morals might 20 become corrupt". 2 Br So or6. s Ma > jn; 108153 for 1DK&3.

* So > train. » Mi nanm * Mss. edd. + nnan...aww. • So o^oan. I. T. > Ar. 7«^« = r6«n. 8 I. T. > Ar. KiVs;ii = i^nnm.

» So row nro» Ma naie. 10 Ma + nan. » Ma own b«. «2 Ma So rram » na«^ = Ar. ns«!?ni na«^n "its perdition and destruction". 25 i* Br So vi. » Ma DM '3. 16 So nwenn. " Edd. D'MBnnfi. « Br > »» So D^Mipin DSOD. so Br biBin on» So Ma town onw.

Ma n-norpibip So «r«wip^p. « Ma M^fipom So nM^«Bp»Mi. ™ Ma »* Ma la^M Min» lasm. 2» M. mentions three purgatives, Dn» "juice of the colocynth, scammony, and aloe". 30 He mentions colocynth and scammony in a letter; see Ker. Hem., Ill, p. 16. Of. Mittot ha-ffiggayon, C. VIII (ed. Slucki, p. 41): \Vfth M^lfip»Mn. See Ro., p. 88, n. 3; "Wo., p. 23, n. 1. 26 n mifii "a complete relief" = Ar. KD^'ay «S«^3 "by a wonderful salvation". 27 Br D'Vinn D'KB"i&. 28 p»!?3 "so much the more" = Ar. -njM^Mi nnK^Mas 35 quanta magis. J9 n^rr «w»...^nnm "and if...then". so Mi Ar. «nBi«». Ma rn\ ** Ma vtn.

23 npi Kbi Ynv Kbi iamby iip^i nian^n mbiys nerv Kb baK,4ani}&>bi nib'sn nibiyB 3nwyb miss IIBD 2inKiit?a pi Kin 7ai&n t?nnn «rm,"iitsn byis *iniia»a man a^ys nib"on byis man 5 invi bp inr ma-nab nitfin p ami «awt? Kim,miai nKiBin -inn rwonn ntmn viya aw pi,i by ^isai nt^i,nno nuKnn tya awo na>jnnn "nya by ^iBai^» nnv nKini "HBB "inv ^miaab iDsy nTD» aa^n "p by a^mi,niKnn nKiBi ma int, nbaia aie ab jm ib »w ^B ^iiaanD 18inv aabn tvnan nnon j«on TIT by nann IK wn nsb eye BstDia w IK,nwa nysioan 15 rwivi myn nsb niTntn )a a^ii ww ba>a TTI ' ai»»i,»y» 24maaaa icsy nTao isb nniain pi oyo nnn mbsty isb niiyn |oi aya aabn ai& Di ana a^iK nspi "a^etn nspa an^ann 26om« wy 20 "wa nb^K nnim ^onib^ba aipi,29auo 2sinKn nspn IHK niwo p nte nan wy Kb nnaifca nnianm uni_n— a icsj tjiit/ its i t/j jj uj iu iui t/jn — < » Mi rrby. I. T. > Ar. MOOT = Ttsn. 2 Br Ma ntnaiw. 3 Ma by.

25 4 So nrtt»fo. s Ma > noi; wiawa for imiBO. 6 Ma m. 7 umnn 31tn = Ar. HroJ^K. Lane, "a nice, subtile saying"; Wo. eine feine Be- merkung, eine Subtilitat. BTnn, "a novel interpretation or idea". "The Win = novelty, was some new thought on religious topics, or some ingenious explanation of a Biblical difficulty", Abrahams, Jewish Life in the Middle 30 Ages, p. 132, n. 5. 8 Ar. yilNp = icdvw, Dozy, regie, reglement. 9 Br So y\mt tnni Ma aittrwa rm. 10 So + 21^. i» Ma np. 1J So mwnn. ts Ma > n6w&. >* So naso^. i» Ma > neo inv.

»« Ma iDia!?» ymi. " Mi niaaon ntsa. »« Ma > inv. >« Mi y». »o Ma niwsja. »i Mi niian. 22 Ma m'Btfl. 23 Ma 35 p pi nwann niwi'in. 2* Ma nysob DBS» So niasoa I»BI Mi nasoa wsa.

25 So + n»r»a. 26 Ma ww. 27 So -f- niBipen nvpi. " Br So innn. 29 Ma So DIM. 3» Ma nWa Dipai. So -f ">»« «nn rnirr) IWK nwj>? n^T. " Ma > nwrnyi. Ma ]wm So ps. 3Z So 1121301.

« So > 13131W 1B3. s« Ar. n8DB^«1 "and the corruption of. 35 Ma D».

pis D'pns nai»» 22 p a: •DEW niyan p pan m tyi,»mn KT iwto inn «vw nn jrn 5 m^ytn ^IB nnn niyen vn D«I am iT «im /MMWI piss "inaity 102,]non ^>yi «^,n^D ^n iriy ,16isn« ^i«i vanp "inao SSD iniiBpD ni^vs p£5D 161 10 IBS ^snnana w "niTnia vrw WB«I,WJ»IBB ann 2°"p-n ^B^^ p ia^T p^Di zsnwn^ai,w»n •?« p,nv» ^ inrBjr^ nB 2*i^ nwj6 15 jnn niyBB in»r *w« visni »Bin nvn^nso nwnB mi wi «^»,^inn m ni«Bi^ -' mnayai ^pifin nn nwn jwi»n nma ainn v^>y 29i2aty se «B^» 28s» ^B^I,ays SO^K Dj?«5 I»B^ in«^itr ^ns fci»,vbn» in«nns 20 ,m^D^> ns^non m»nn WBAB iiaw ny n 32rn^ys IIBB p^ai mi ^iiitsn naian « Br So rwu. > Mi -nts». 3 Ma > aaVn 3i» p-vn. * Ma marg. -p^j mM for m^. s g0 w3^. « Ma > 0^3. ' AT.

9& • ma = ntn man to. • So -J- «^>. » Br »BJ^. »o So 25 11 Ma + ma. So ^Jim Mi ^iiDl corrected to ^iini. »2 Ma Mi -j- ono. '3 Mi > iri. So + one. Mi mwg- rion w»i vn D«I n^jfi nn». »* Ma + n^nna. « Br manaa. i» Ma nnp. isn» s»aw = Ar. in^ai. Mi ran vwaw, but corrected. » Mi rovnns. »s Mi nnoinfi. i» Ma i«m. " So 7113. 2» Ma «s>i. » -nwai 30 naas = Ar. ntaKpas. 13 Ma nan^wsi So nwer»3i. " ih nwsb ai»a^ = Ar. nn^a«pa sto «a»a*"rt "and we have recourse to its opposite". J5 Ma rwn. as Mi nom. v i»sa ia inn^ = Ar. nosa *hy «na nnp* "because of which he gives bare sustenance to his soul". 28 Mi 103.

" Ma •oa'ff. so Br nnK. 3t Thus Ma, paraphrasing the Ar. 35 NruiKp11 w I«n3«b« n«M nV ^$nn ^« n»3l "until he almost assumes the disposition of prodigality or approaches it". 31 n^1J>B...<W =» Ar.

n:» ps-ia raw. Br So nfcwea IT bo11 mi Ma w^wane p^no' »KI Mi IT 21 n pis D^ nsn IVKP ^a Kim ni n&n Kin baan,^se«n Kim ]vn IK pu m nspn Kim,p»a K^I rni& K!?I jnon ia 2v«» naa ib'BK nana DIK ' DK I^BKI,aita a^a nnawn d'nain mnyv Kin aa^n 2113 pirn,pnnKn nspn 'Kini,nan& 6noan IK an mio IK 5jm IK bni p»a 5 jraiaa sa^B n»m,nm nnn nty^nn myni oyan p Kin D^B wy\ trxra an pi,16p 10 nirepn 2onn« i2tynsi /snivsn 12 m« »s^a i^ D^J?B mini nspn latyn-1 zinnspc,»Bin ni^VDo ntyai nib onoion i«npsi,n^»v» niiao^ mean 'i men n« is «vw 27u>Bin runs by ino«si aie «vw frown nspn i Mi > stt. 2 Mi + 1^. 3 Mi * Ma ona. » Ma > ]ina. B Mi 7 Mi Kint. s See p. 20 n. 2. 9 Mi ntfiani. »o Mi -f- "h.

20 11 Mi D^K Kin itsnatf. " Mi DifiKDD. » Br ^•'lan Mi 14 Mi ]Br«ian. is Mi > pj> p!?. 16 The gloss p n^nmo nt^i is not found in Ma. The use of the first person in the last phrase seems to show, however, that it originated with I. T. i7 mana...pi = Ar. nfcmn -OKKjns ^>K naKa KIK nSns Kn^» n»iiio KDDK ^K JKnnn K^I «n^«o i^iai 25 HfiinBts. Cod 327 (Parma) has the correct reading. The word K^, necessary according to Ar. and the sense of passage, is missing in all Mss., more than thirty of which were examined, except in cod. 327 (Parma). Ma codd. 71 269 1212 Harl. 5686 (Br. Mus.) have 1^K or n^K, cod. (Parma) 438 miti l!?K, which probably go back to an original K^. Rosin (Ethik, p. 81, 30 n. 4) properly suggests the reading K^. Br Mi codd. (Parma) 802 959 1246: (Mi vrw) v,Ttw nissona onb DTUIO mnB6 D^B hi hv irntw nnaniKtfpi •ai D^CSBI (Mi niana) nain awaits D^"3»n. nisaon or noaona is found in Br Mi codd. 46 802 959 1161 1246 1262 etc. Correct reading mana (Ar. rhr«) in Ma Mi codd. 71 269 327 438 1212 Harl. 5686. is Mi »»B. i» Mi 35 nnon. 20 Mi IHK. 21 Ma So D-WBI. 22 nmcb...n^ana == Ar. n^Knis^K ^» DipbKi iinn^K nw •'B. 23 Ma > itssy...maao^. 2* Ar. nDBJa. 25 Ma ^VW. 26 So + Vhv. 27 \y^n nins "coward" for Ar. DBi^K yn&^K, but rather "the apathetic, or phlegmatic in spirit", as above, h'jKn&^Ki = tiai nain wmn m»m. 23 Ma Vsr. 29 Ma ntwin 40 n pnB D'p-iB mi&» 20 narw p yjntjo mpsnonm,nnn rotean mwn p nysiaa IB jvwi ntean p ia D'xm nai D\MJ> BHB^ T baa *inxjn lao&ai ism DIN ^ab a'er6 iruua!?a» "a amp aits nDN1B!?Nl Hj>N^N p "and wit is the mean between buffoonery and clownish- 5 ness", evidently going back to the Aristotelian mean e&rpsnre\la "wit, liveli- ness", and the extremes /Jw/xoXox^a "buffoonery, ribaldry", and iypouda. "boor- ishness, coarseness" (Eth. Nic. II. 7); Poc. Urbanitas inter scurrilitatem et rusticitatem. See Ro., p. 80. n. 3. blD^D "loftiness, distinction"; Prov. IV. 8, n^D "esteem highly, prize her" (Toy); Yer. Bikkurim, I, 64aD^nai 10 px»a ho» WO; Kiddushin 78b, Bekorot 30b ps»3!?1D^D D'ina D-'ima, "the priests guarded their dignity11.

I. T.'s rendering of the Ar. "and dignity is the mean between haughti- ness and loutishness" is not exact. A number of Mss. have an explanatory gloss, not by I T., but neither is this in accord with the Ar. Br So Mi 15 codd. (Parma) 46 378 802 959 1161 1246 1262 + Kin ^tf>D (Mi "B1) "B Mi u-w) WK (802 959 1262 1161 1246 Mi itna) iton naanDtf (1262 Kin *ti) v 1262 wwannn) nuwinn, (46 1262 + nwa) (Mi ira) 0^1212 bainia (46 1262, iV ^iK-in ]t3 inv (46 1262 om. Mi m«n) DIN laarPBO «in (Mi niK»mnm 802 nm tr» Q-'iiin ^nte n^»o (46 nw» m«) on« rwmr «im n»iT ntaam 20 nain nwns. Harl. 5686 omits this gloss, but after roNBttnnn has Br Mi codd. 46 802 959 1161 1246 1262 etc., have an additional virtue man pi ninispm iin&pn p jraion nmni, and have also an explanatory gloss: 802 1161 tnViB 1262 trs^ifi Br n^iD) n'^ia »6a pip^ no x>aun niaia Vn 25 Him lite ipi vrae nn'aab nw»ts «^»ai (Mi man) nan «^a «in» ••a Kim (959 tr6&iK im mm (Mi wao) o^ats nrrna Ka'» iintspn nwa. rnVie is the old Spanish mollidura, Lat. mollitudo "tenderness, softness". Some Mss. have the additional virtue nmm, but not the gloss. Rosin (p. 31, n. 2, and p. 80, n. 4) is of the opinion that I. T. translated here from an Arabic text 30 which differed from the Pococke text. He attributes the virtue JVUm, which is not in the Pococke text, to I. T., but not the explanatory gloss. Since, however, there are a number of reliable Mss. (among them Ma codd. (Parma) 327 71 438 269) which do not contain this virtue, it may be concluded that it was added to the I. T. version, and that I. T. did not have before 35 him a text varying from that of Pococke. See supra, Introduction, p. 23.

1 Mi nfcwm.. ni3J?m misplaced after ]lPKin mipn mt nailtt IDBn, p. 21, line 4. 2 According to Ar., aa^ 31B...a^ aitsi should come before nipBDOnm. The virtue aS aiB is entirely missing from Br codd. (Parma) 46 1161 1246 1262. The gloss ]l»Kin...n^xn nno1? ]W ^BBI is found in all Mss. that 40 have aa"? aiD, as Ma Harl. 5686 (Brit. Mus.) codd. (Parma) 71 269 327 438 802 (on marg. by same hand) 959, also in So Mi from which it may be concluded that it originated with I. T. 3 Mi nnoa. « Ma liOOl W5W1. Mi rmxp TO pa ayjnean awwi n^ynn on 2Dt|^en nwan p «n£jmm,jnan *;vawn,nteoin «jno nn«n, ,mon srnnKni rrvrv JHD nn«n,mjn r.wan TO pa a ma NTO nnvnn ia teem,ann n^iysn la^nrp nton nwann «\T niTntni,»n«inn n»iin myn pi nwnn an moo a^nn11 •»« BEM ^nittni nspn «in nwnn an jn arri»i,)nn«n nspn «i 10 naiann «sm ^'Wiinn nyni,mwn naonn «^ni,m«nn an :nnon "wwnea "wwne IJT ]iTnB», HTDDH pa nysifi» iTiiaam,n^Bn^ ni^an pa VSIDO nianin pi pai rwiwnnn )^a ysi»o "^a^am,aa^n 71 pai i So nwBin ^n nmsna. Cf. Ro. p. 79, n. 1. » So n'lia. 3 i. 15 > Ar. twnsa = nn\ * Mi p. Ma + wn. * Ma ona 6 Edd. + nn»n. t pp "an acquired quality" = Ar. rebo "custom,