RaMBa”M). Commentary to Mishnah Tractate Avoth. Translated from Arabic to Hebrew by Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES)

Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino

Soncino

(1484)

FIRST EDITION. The text of the Mishnah has been vocalized in a neat hand. On f.44r. corrigendum at top of page

Vinograd, Soncino 2; Goff 83; Goldstein 35; Offenberg 93; Steinschneider, p. 228, no. 1433, 1; Thes. A41; Wineman Cat. 17. Not in Cambridge University

A FINE COMPLETE COPY OF THE ETHICS OF THE FATHERS WITH MAIMONIDES’ COMMENTARY In his Translator's Introduction, ibn Tibbon notes that sandwiched between Tractates Eduyoth and Avodah Zarah lies Tractate Avoth for which there is no Gemara. Consequently, Maimonides stepped into the breach with his Arabic commentary to this Mishnah. Since the tone of the Tractate focuses on moral improvement, Maimonides prefaced his commentary with the "Shmonah Perakim," eight chapters that provide a digest of Maimonidean psychology