✍ Scribed by Moses Mendelssohn (editor); David Sorkin (editor); Edward Breuer (editor)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Contents
Translator ’s Acknowledgments
General Notes to the Translation
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Mendelssohn Myth and the Asymmetrical Reception of the Hebrew Writings
I. Qohelet Musar / Preacher of Morals
II. Beʾur Millot ha-Higgayon / Commentary on the Treatise on Logical Terms
III. Megillat Qohelet / Commentary on Ecclesiastes
IV. Sefer Netivot ha-Shalom / The Paths of Peace
Additional Bibliography
Glossary
General Index
Index of Sources
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