Pirke Avot: The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers — John Shaqi
Pirke Avot: The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers
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Pirke Avot: The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers
Mishnah. Avot; Mishnah. Avot -- Commentaries
(21) There are more than thirty-five. The best known is that
of Maimonides (1135-1204), which was written originally in
Arabic, as part of his commentary on the _Mishnah_. A
commentary has been attributed to Rashi. Other commentaries
are by (1) Rabbi Jacob ben Shimshon, found in the _Machzor
Vitry_ (see Taylor, _Introd._, p. 5; _Appendix_, p. 23; (2)
Rabbi Israel of Toledo, in Arabic (twelfth to thirteenth
century; see Taylor, _Introd._, p. 5, _Appendix_, p. 46 _et
seq.__; (3) Simon Duran (1361-1444), _Magen Abot;_ first
edition, Livorno, 1763; ed. Jellinek, Leipzig, 1855; (4)
Bertinora (died 1510), in his popular commentary on the
_Mishnah;_ (5) Isaac ben Judah Abrabanel, _Nachalot Abot;_ ed.
Constantinople, 1505; (6) Samuel de Uceda, _Midrash Shemual;_
venice, 1579, 1585, 1597, 1600, Cracow, 1594, Frankfurt a. M.,
1713, Warsaw, 1876; (7) Yom Tob Lippman Heller (1579-1654), in
_Tosefot Yom Tob_, on the _Mishnah;_ (8) elijah, Gaon of Wilna
(1720-1797), in _Siddur Tefillat Yacob_, Berlin, 1864; and (9)
S. Baer, in _Siddur Abodat Yisroel_, Rodelheim, 1868. There
is also acommentary, by Naphtali Herts Wessely, known as
_Yayin Lebanon_, Berlin, 1774-1775, which has been translated
into English, in the _Hebrew Review_ (edited by Morris J.
Raphall, London, 1835-1837), Vol. I, p. 177, p. 193, and
further.
(22) Mischoff, in his _Kritische Geschichte der
Talmud-Uebersetzungen aller Zeigen und Zungen_ (Frankfurt a.
M., 1899), [s] 56, has a list of 62 translations and of 15
partial translations. Others have appeared since this list
was made. For English translation, consult this list.
_Editions_ (23), _Commentaries_, _and Translations_
(23) A list of editions, mostly earlier than those mentioned
here, and of the _Abot_ in _Mishnah_ editions may be found in
Steinschneider, _Catalogue Librorum Hebraeorum in Bibliotheca
Bodleiana_ (Berlin, 1852-1860), No. 1433-1519, 1982-2034; M.
Roest, _Catalog der Hebraica und Judaica_ (Amsterdam, 1875),
pp. 818-821, 824-828; and Strack, _Spruche_, pp. 8-9.
1. Joshua ben Mordecai Falk ha-Kohen, _Abne Yehoshua al Pirke Abot_
(New York, 1860). Text and commentary (24).
(24) Falk has been called the "father of American Hebrew
literature."
2. Abraham Geiger, _Pirke Aboth_, in _Nachgelassene Schriften_
(Berlin, 1877), vol. IV, pp. 281-344. A commentary on Chaps. I-III.
Scholarly and valuable.
3. Solomon Schechter, _Abot de-Rabbi Natan_ (Vienna, 1877). Contains
two versions, A and B, with an introduction and notes in Hebrew. A
scholarly and valuable work.
4. Joseph Jabetz, _Pirke Abot_, with a commentary (Warsaw, 1880).
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