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INTRODUCTION
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Hurwitz, which is found in all editions of the Talmud which contain Maimonides' commentary,[1] and that of Lichtenstein in his ספר הין צדק.

The annotated editions are those of Vienna, 1798; Dessau, 1809; Groningen, 1845; Warsaw, 1863; and Lemberg, 1876.

The popularity of the Peraḳim is evident from the fact that they have been translated many times into various languages. The following is a list of the translations:—

a. Latin.—The Peraḳim in Latin[2] are found in:

(1) Pococke's Porta Mosis, from the Arabic. (2) The translation of the Mishnah, with the commentaries of Maimonides and Bartinora, by Surenhusius.[3] (3) The unedited translation of Maimonides' Commentary on Abot, by Jacob Mantinus.[4] (4) The translation of Maimonides' Commentary on Abot, by C. C. Uythage[5].

b. German.—In the editions of (1) Vienna, 1798; (2) Haas, Basel, 1804; (3) Salomon, Dessau, 1809; (4) Wolff, Leipzig, 1863 and Leiden, 1903, from the Arabic; (5) Wolf, Lemberg, 1876; (6) by M. Rawicz, in Kommentar des Maimonides zu den Sprüchen der Vater, ins Deutsche übertragen, 1910, pp. 1-47. Portions of chapters I and VIII are translated by Beer, in R. Moses ben Maimon.

c. French.—Beer, Paris, 1811; Jules Wolff,[6] Paris, 1912.

d. Dutch.Groningen, 1845.

e. English.—Hebrew Review, edited by Morris J. Raphall, London, Volumes I and II (1834-1835).[7]

  1. See Fürst, loc. cit.
  2. Jaraczewski (ZPhKr, XL VI, p. 23) refers to a Latin translation which appeared in Bologna in 1520.
  3. Mishnah sive totius Hebraeorum juris, rituum, antiquitatum, ac legum oralium systema cum Maimonidis et Bartenorae commentariis integris. Accedunt variorum auctorum notae Latinate donavit G. Surenhusius. Amsterdaedami, 1698-1703.
  4. Jak. Mantino (A. in Tortosa) Octo Capita R. Mosis Maimonidis ... in versione latina, etc. Bologna, 1526. 4°. See Fürst, loc. cit.; HUb., p. 438.
  5. Cnej. Cornel. Uythage (in Leyden), Explicatio R. Mosis Maimonidis ... complectens octo capita, etc., Leyden, 1683. 8°. HUb., p. 438.
  6. See Jew. Chronicle (London), No. 2255, p. 30.
  7. Incomplete and very free. Chapter IV is translated by Coupland in Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages, London, 1895, pp. 206 ff.