Footnote 169:
_Ibid._ 20. 13.
Footnote 170:
Psalm 7. 14.
Footnote 171:
Comp. Hagigah 5a.
Footnote 172:
Sotah 21b.
Footnote 173:
Proverbs 31. 8.
Footnote 174:
Ezekiel 18. 18.
Footnote 175:
Part of the Introduction to the _Sefer ha-Rokeah_.
Footnote 176:
Psalm 16. 8.
Footnote 177:
Comp. Isaiah 9. 4.
Footnote 178:
Genesis 18. 27.
Footnote 179:
Comp. Megillah 31a. Isaiah 57. 15.
Footnote 180:
Jeremiah 23. 24.
Footnote 181:
_Iggeret ha-Ramban._
Footnote 182:
_Midrash Le-‘Olam_, chapter 15 (Jellinek’s _Bet ha-Midrash_, III., p.
117).
Footnote 183:
Ecclesiastes 11. 10.
Footnote 184:
Proverbs 16. 4.
Footnote 185:
_Ibid._ 22. 4.
Footnote 186:
Pirke Abot 4. 4.
Footnote 187:
Numbers 12. 3.
Footnote 188:
Isaiah 57. 15.
Footnote 189:
Jeremiah 23. 24.
Footnote 190:
1 Kings 8. 27 and Proverbs 15. 11.
Footnote 191:
Pirke Abot 4. 1.
Footnote 192:
Psalm 93. 1.
Footnote 193:
1 Chronicle 29. 12.
Footnote 194:
1 Samuel 2. 7.
Footnote 195:
Job 12. 20.
Footnote 196:
Baba Mezi’a 33b.
Footnote 197:
Psalm 10. 17.
Footnote 198:
This epistle, which is in rhymed prose, is the second of a series of
three letters written on this subject. In vehement language the author
denounces those who make light of the words of the Law, and prefer
philosophy to the word of God. The three epistles were written with
the consent of the Jewish community at Barcelona.
Footnote 199:
Names of wise men mentioned in the Bible; comp. Proverbs 30. 1; 1
Kings 5. 11.
Footnote 200:
The allusion is to Genesis 14. 1–15.
Footnote 201:
The allusion is to the first epistle.
Footnote 202:
The reference is to Joshua 22. 10–34.
Footnote 203:
That is, traditional Judaism.
Footnote 204:
Hosea 10. 9.
Footnote 205:
_Behinat ‘Olam_, chapters 8 and 9. Soncino edition (1484).
Footnote 206:
Comp. Deuteronomy 29. 22.
Footnote 207:
This is part of the twenty-eighth composition of the _Mahberot
‘Immanuel_, and is entitled _ha-Tofet we-ha-‘Eden_ (Hell and
Paradise). It is written in a manner similar to that of Dante’s
_Divine Comedy_.
Footnote 208:
This is supposed to be Dante his friend.
Footnote 209:
Part of the ethical will of Judah b. Asher. Schechter’s edition, pp.
11, _seq._
Footnote 210:
Comp. Isaiah 28. 22.
Footnote 211:
Baba Batra 165a.
Footnote 212:
‘Arakin 16a.
Footnote 213:
Pirke Abot 1. 17.
Footnote 214:
Numbers 12. 3.
Footnote 215:
Pirke Abot 4. 4.
Footnote 216:
Yerushalmi Shabbat 3c, in commenting on Psalm 111. 10 and Proverbs 22.
4.
Footnote 217:
1 Samuel 2. 30.
Footnote 218:
‘Arakin 16b.
Footnote 219:
Part of _Eben Bohan_, Venice edition, p. 59d.
Footnote 220:
Comp. Exodus 4. 25 and Isaiah 8. 16.
Footnote 221:
That is, Youth. Comp. Shabbat 152a.
Footnote 222:
_Milhamot ha-Shem_, part VI, chapters 1 and 2.
Footnote 223:
That is, Aristotle.
Footnote 224:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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