Ancient Jewish Proverbs, by Abraham Cohen, [1911], at sacred-texts.comThe Wisdom of the East SeriesEDITED BYL. CRANMER-BYNGDR. S. A. KAPADIAANCIENT JEWISH PROVERBS[p. 4]WISDOM OF THE EASTANCIENT JEWISH PROVERBSCOMPILED AND CLASSIFIEDBY THE REV. A. COHEN
LATE SCHOLAR OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ETC.LONDONJOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.[1911]Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, December 2008. This text is in the publicdomain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.Click to enlargeFront CoverClick to enlargeTitle Page
[p. 5]TOTHE REVERED MEMORY OFMY TEACHERMICHAEL FRIEDLANDERAncient Jewish Proverbs, by Abraham Cohen, [1911], at sacred-texts.com[p. 6] [p. 7]PREFACETHE best modern collection of Jewish proverbs is Rabbinische Blumenlese (Leipzig, 1844), and Zurrabbinischen Spruchkunde (Wien, 1851), by Leopold Dukes. The original sayings are given inalphabetical order with translation and explanatory notes. Many Hebrew maxims of individualRabbis are also included in his list. My indebtedness to Dukes' work is very great, although Ifrequently differ from him in translation and interpretation. I have also been able to fill up severallacunae in his book. Every Rabbinic reference has been examined and rectified where incorrect.Not to have classified the proverbs under their subjects is a great drawback to the usefulness of Dukes' work. Dr. M. Lewin in his Aramaische Sprichworter und Volksspruche (Frankfurt, 1895) has
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