121 For the various translations of the Thirteen Articles which were originally composed in Arabic, see Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1887. Cf. Rosin, _Ethik des Maimonides_, p. 30; Weiss, _Beth Talmud_, i. p. 330, and _Ben Chananjah_, 1863, p. 942, and 1864, pp. 648 and 697, and Landshut, עמודי העבודה, p. 231. 122 מנחת קנאות. See pp. 1‐16. 123 See _Hammaskir_, viii. pp. 63 and 103. 124 See Steinschneider, _Cat. München_, No. 210. 125 See the Collection דברי הבמימ, by Ashkenazi, pp. 56_b_ _seq._ 126 See Albo, c. iii. Probably identical with the author mentioned by Duran, 13_b_. 127 ספר נצחון, “Sepher Nizzachon.” 128 See אור ה (ed. Johannisburg), preface, and pp. 20_a_, 44_b_, 59_b_, and elsewhere. The style of this author is very obscure. Cf. Joel’s pamphlet on this author (Breslau, 1874). 129 See the first pages of the מגן (Leghorn, 1758), and his משסם, pp. 13 _seq._ 130 עקרים, _Ikkarim_, “Fundamentals.” 131 See _Ikkarim_, i. c. 23, and Maimonides’ _Commentary on the Mishnah_ (end of tractate Maccoth). On Albo compare Schlesinger’s Introduction and notes to the _Ikkarim_, Joel’s pamphlet, p. 82; Paulus, _Monatsschrift_, 1874, p. 463, and Brüll’s _Jahrb._ iv. p. 52. 132 I know his work from a MS. in the British Museum, Orient. 39. 133 דרך אמונה, _Derech Emunah_. Cf. Steinschneider, _Monatsschrift_, 1883, p. 79 _seq._ 134 See עקידת יצחק, gate 55. 135 See his ימוד האמונה and מאמר האחרות. 136 ראש אמנה. 137 See בהיגת הדת, ed. Reggio, p. 28. 138 See מעשה מבית (Venice, 1707), 16_a_ and 23_a_. His language is very vague. 139 See the Collection by Ashkenazi (as above, note 18), p. 29_b_. 140 See his בשמים ראש, p. 331. 141 See Weiss’s admirable monograph on Maimonides, published in the _Beth Talmud_, i. 142 The Hebrew title of the work is דור דור ורורשיו. 143 That is, vows of an ascetic nature (not vows or oaths enforced by a court of justice), which the tribunal could annul when there was sufficient reason for it. 144 The ten Rabbis who are named as the bearers of tradition during the period between 170 and 30 B.C. The “pair” in each case is supposed to have consisted of the president and the vice‐president of the Sanhedrin for the time being. See, however, Kuenen, _Gesammelte Schriften_, p. 49 _seq._ 145 דרשנים גדולים. 146 הלכות למשה מסיני. They amount, in the whole of Rabbinic literature, to about forty, of which more than ten concern the preparation of the phylacteries, whilst others relate to the libations of water at the Feast of Tabernacles and similar subjects. 147 This is the time when the school of R. Johanan b. Zaccai began its activity. Others place the Tannaitic age in Hillel’s time (30 B.C.). 148 בת קרל.