Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature: An Anthology

Hebrew literature -- Translations into English

Footnote 121:

  Egers, p. 147. It consists of twenty lines without rhymes. The double
  acrostic reads ‏אברהם מעזרה‎.

Footnote 122:

  Egers, p. 139; Rosin, I, p. 168. This is the first part of this
  composition which is in rhymed prose. The author meets Hai b. Mekiz
  (the Living, Son of the Wakeful), who urges him to leave his
  companions and to seek wisdom.

Footnote 123:

  That is, the multitude, crowd.

Footnote 124:

  That is, Imagination.

Footnote 125:

  That is, Emotions, Passions, and Moods.

Footnote 126:

  That is, Lust and Appetite.

Footnote 127:

  Neubauer, _Mediæval Jewish Chronicles_, vol. I., pp. 67, _seq._

Footnote 128:

  Psalm 68. 23.

Footnote 129:

  Asher, _The Itinerary of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela_, pp. 34, _seq._; M.
  Adler’s edition, pp. ‏כ״ג‎, _seq._

Footnote 130:

  That is, Christ.

Footnote 131:

  _Sefer ha-Yashar_ on Exodus, Venice edition, pp. 135a, _seq._

Footnote 132:

  Comp. Genesis 24. 3. The verse is not quoted verbatim.

Footnote 133:

  Comp. _ibid._ 28. 1. The verse is amplified. See also _ibid._ 9. 26,
  27.

Footnote 134:

  Judah ha-Levi’s _Book of the Khazarite_, part II, 45–50. Hirschfeld’s
  edition, pp. 107, _seq._

Footnote 135:

  Deuteronomy 10. 12.

Footnote 136:

  Micah 6. 8.

Footnote 137:

  _Ibid._

Footnote 138:

  Jeremiah 7. 21.

Footnote 139:

  Deuteronomy 4. 32.

Footnote 140:

  _Ibid._ 4. 33.

Footnote 141:

  _Ibid._ 4. 34.

Footnote 142:

  Psalm 123. 1.

Footnote 143:

  See Leviticus 22. 33; the verse is modified.

Footnote 144:

  Isaiah 49. 3.

Footnote 145:

  _Code, Hilkot De’ot_, chapter 1.

Footnote 146:

  Ecclesiastes 5. 9.

Footnote 147:

  Proverbs 13. 25.

Footnote 148:

  Psalm 37. 16.

Footnote 149:

  Deuteronomy 28. 9.

Footnote 150:

  Shabbat 133b; Sotah 14a.

Footnote 151:

  Genesis 18. 19.

Footnote 152:

  _Ibid._

Footnote 153:

  _Sefer Sha’ashu’im_, Davidson’s edition, pp. 49, _seq._

Footnote 154:

  There is a pun in the original: _Anak_ is a necklace as well as a name
  of a tribe of giants.

Footnote 155:

  It is an Oriental custom to take off the shoes.

Footnote 156:

  Maimonides’ _Guide of the Perplexed_, vol. I., chapter 31.

Footnote 157:

  The nineteenth Makamah, or chapter of the _Tahkemoni_.

Footnote 158:

  This name of the biblical sage (comp. 1 Kings 5. 11) has been adopted
  for the name of the “narrator” (Al-Harizi himself?) who records the
  exploits and wonderful utterances of the “hero,” Heber the Kenite.

Footnote 159:

  Proverbs 31. 29.

Footnote 160:

  _Sefer Hasidim_, Judah Wistinetzki’s edition, §§ 19024–19030.

Footnote 161:

  Proverbs 13. 24.

Footnote 162:

  Leviticus 19. 14.

Footnote 163:

  Psalms 27. 13.

Footnote 164:

  The Rabbis usually give a homiletic reason for the dots that are
  placed over a word in the masoretic text of the Bible. See Berakot 4a.

Footnote 165:

  1 Kings 1. 6.

Footnote 166:

  Psalm 45. 5.

Footnote 167:

  Leviticus 19. 29.

Footnote 168:

  Exodus 20. 14.

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Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature: An Anthology

Hebrew literature -- Translations into English

Footnote 121:

  Egers, p. 147. It consists of twenty lines without rhymes. The double
  acrostic reads ‏אברהם מעזרה‎.

Footnote 122:

  Egers, p. 139; Rosin, I, p. 168. This is the first part of this
  composition which is in rhymed prose. The author meets Hai b. Mekiz
  (the Living, Son of the Wakeful), who urges him to leave his
  companions and to seek wisdom.

Footnote 123:

  That is, the multitude, crowd.

Footnote 124:

  That is, Imagination.

Footnote 125:

  That is, Emotions, Passions, and Moods.

Footnote 126:

  That is, Lust and Appetite.

Footnote 127:

  Neubauer, _Mediæval Jewish Chronicles_, vol. I., pp. 67, _seq._

Footnote 128:

  Psalm 68. 23.

Footnote 129:

  Asher, _The Itinerary of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela_, pp. 34, _seq._; M.
  Adler’s edition, pp. ‏כ״ג‎, _seq._

Footnote 130:

  That is, Christ.

Footnote 131:

  _Sefer ha-Yashar_ on Exodus, Venice edition, pp. 135a, _seq._

Footnote 132:

  Comp. Genesis 24. 3. The verse is not quoted verbatim.

Footnote 133:

  Comp. _ibid._ 28. 1. The verse is amplified. See also _ibid._ 9. 26,
  27.

Footnote 134:

  Judah ha-Levi’s _Book of the Khazarite_, part II, 45–50. Hirschfeld’s
  edition, pp. 107, _seq._

Footnote 135:

  Deuteronomy 10. 12.

Footnote 136:

  Micah 6. 8.

Footnote 137:

  _Ibid._

Footnote 138:

  Jeremiah 7. 21.

Footnote 139:

  Deuteronomy 4. 32.

Footnote 140:

  _Ibid._ 4. 33.

Footnote 141:

  _Ibid._ 4. 34.

Footnote 142:

  Psalm 123. 1.

Footnote 143:

  See Leviticus 22. 33; the verse is modified.

Footnote 144:

  Isaiah 49. 3.

Footnote 145:

  _Code, Hilkot De’ot_, chapter 1.

Footnote 146:

  Ecclesiastes 5. 9.

Footnote 147:

  Proverbs 13. 25.

Footnote 148:

  Psalm 37. 16.

Footnote 149:

  Deuteronomy 28. 9.

Footnote 150:

  Shabbat 133b; Sotah 14a.

Footnote 151:

  Genesis 18. 19.

Footnote 152:

  _Ibid._

Footnote 153:

  _Sefer Sha’ashu’im_, Davidson’s edition, pp. 49, _seq._

Footnote 154:

  There is a pun in the original: _Anak_ is a necklace as well as a name
  of a tribe of giants.

Footnote 155:

  It is an Oriental custom to take off the shoes.

Footnote 156:

  Maimonides’ _Guide of the Perplexed_, vol. I., chapter 31.

Footnote 157:

  The nineteenth Makamah, or chapter of the _Tahkemoni_.

Footnote 158:

  This name of the biblical sage (comp. 1 Kings 5. 11) has been adopted
  for the name of the “narrator” (Al-Harizi himself?) who records the
  exploits and wonderful utterances of the “hero,” Heber the Kenite.

Footnote 159:

  Proverbs 31. 29.

Footnote 160:

  _Sefer Hasidim_, Judah Wistinetzki’s edition, §§ 19024–19030.

Footnote 161:

  Proverbs 13. 24.

Footnote 162:

  Leviticus 19. 14.

Footnote 163:

  Psalms 27. 13.

Footnote 164:

  The Rabbis usually give a homiletic reason for the dots that are
  placed over a word in the masoretic text of the Bible. See Berakot 4a.

Footnote 165:

  1 Kings 1. 6.

Footnote 166:

  Psalm 45. 5.

Footnote 167:

  Leviticus 19. 29.

Footnote 168:

  Exodus 20. 14.

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