5. Charles Taylor, (1) _Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, Comprising
Pirqe Aboth and Perek R. Meir in Hebrew and English, with Notes and
Excurses_. Second edition (Cambridge, 1897).
(2) _An Appendix of the Sayings of the Jewish Fathers,
Containing a Catalogue of Manuscripts and Notes on the Text of Aboth_
(Cambridge, 1900). These works are very comprehensive and full of
valuable material.
6. A. Berliner, _Commentar zu den Spruchen der Vater, aus Machzor
Vitry, mit Beitragen_ (Frankfurt a. M., 1897).
7. David Hoffmann, _Masseket Abot_, in _Mischnaiot Seder Nesikin_
(Berlin, 1899), pp. 327-367. Fully annotated, with a translation in
German, and constant reference to Rabbinical sources. Excellent.
8. Hermann L. Strack, _Die Spruche der Vater_, ein ethischer
Mischna-Traktat_, third edition (Leipzig, 1901). An excellent text
with notes. Very valuable.
9. Lazarus Goldschmidt, in _Talmud Babli, Der Babylonische Talmud_
(Berline, 1903), vol. VII, p. 1151 _et seq_. Based on oldest texts of
_Abot_. Textual variants and German translation with notes. Very
valuable.
10. Simeon Singer, _Perke Abot, Ethics of the Fathers_, in _The
Authorized Daily Prayer Book_. Eighth edition (London, 5668-1908),
pp. 184-209. Hebrew text, with an excellent English translation, and
a few notes.
11. Kaim Pollak, _Rabbi Nathans System der Ethik un Moral_ (Budapest,
1905). A translation in German, with notes, of _Abot de Rabbi Natan_
(Schechter's version A).
12. Paul Fiebig, _Pirque 'aboth, Der Mischnahtraktat Spruche der
Vater_ (Tubingen, 1906). German translation and notes, with especial
reference to the New Testament. The _Nachwort_, pp. 42-43, consists
of a comparison of _Abot_ with the New Testament, pointing out the
likenesses and differences.
13. Josef ibn Nachmia's, _Perush Pirke Abot, Commentar zu den Pirke
Abot . . . nach der Parmaer Hadschrift De Rossi Nr_. 1402 . . . _mit
Anmerkungen von_ M. L. Bamberger (Berlin, 1907).
14. M. Rawicz, _Der Commentar der Maimonides zu den Spruchen der
Vater, zum ersten Male ins Deutsch ubertragen_ (Offenberg [Baden],
1910). Contains "The Eight Chapters" (25).
(25) The _Eight Chapters_ is the introduction of Maimonides to
his commentary on _Abot_. Its Hebrew name is _Shemonah
Perakim_. It is a remarkable instance of the harmonious
welding of the ethical principles contained in _Abot_ with
mediaeval Aristotelian philosophy.
15. _Sefer Musar, Kommentar zum Mischnatraktat Aboth von R. Joseph ben
Jehudah. Zum ersten Male herausgegeben von_ Dr. Wilhelm Bacher. In
the _Schriften des Vereins Makize Nirdamim_. 3. Folge, Nr. 6 (Berlin,
1910).
16. M. Lehmann, _Pirke Aboth, Spruche der Vater uberzetzt und erklart_
(Frankfurt a. M., 1909).
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