PREFACE.

Despite the elevation of thought and the beauty of the style, there are places where the sentence structure leaves much to be desired. We have pointed these out in places; for example, page 369 towards the end. On page 387, after speaking in the singular, the author suddenly switches to the plural w-sgyiata... w-dakyiata and many things... and pure things. On page 571, lines 15–20, the construction of the sentences is somewhat incorrect. We have occasionally signaled these kinds of anomalies. We have encountered expressions that are unknown, very rare, or inaccurate. Examples include: 155 la-qwara to the cold, 258 m-shamhanaya renowned, 348 nizhad may he/it stray, 593 m-stanyanaya contemptible, 592 sqama scandal/stumbling block, 537 rumha spear, 517 daha oppressed, 471 dahma oppressed/afflicted.

The author proposes: 1) on page 147, lines 1–3, a proposition that can be misinterpreted, so we felt obligated to provide a corrective at the bottom of the page; 2) on pages 243–244, the author claims that through thought alone, Virginity is lost in an irreparable manner, which is not accurate from the point of view of theology; 3) on page 326, the author says of St. Peter d-la b-yadi'uta b-kar without knowledge he [did it] foolishly; we added at the bottom of the page d-la b-yadi'uta b-kar; d-la kul men d-b-gawwa neppqun without knowledge he acted foolishly; without all who are within going out; 4) Sahdona cites a proposition of another author which he approves, and this proposition, outside of community life, smacks of communism and is misleading: d-la geir ap la-hein hanen: d-la nehweyan d-la men-ah: d-sh'alat for without these as well: without them being without it: [it is] a request; 5) Samson is treated harshly by the author on page 582, and we had to temper this poor opinion slightly with two citations drawn from Holy Scripture in favor of this extraordinary man.

Apart from these small nuances, which we must attribute to the time in which he lived, our author professes a very orthodox and beautiful doctrine, within which one must note: 1) the second chapter of the second part of the Book of Perfection,