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XIV	The Diffusion of Science	144
	Provençal Translators.—The Ibn Tibbons.— Italian Translators.—Jacob Anatoli.—Kalonymos.—Scientific Literature.
XV	The Diffusion of Folk-Tales	153
	Barlaam and Joshaphat.—The Fables of Bidpai.—Abraham Ibn Chisdai.—Berachya ha-Nakdan. —Joseph Zabara.
XVI	Moses Nachmanides	160
	French and Spanish Talmudists.—The Tossafists, Asher of Speyer, Tarn, Isaac of Dompaire, Baruch of Ratisbon, Perez of Corbeil. Nachmanides’ Commentary on the Pentateuch.—Public controversies between Jews and Christians.
XVII	The Zohar and Later Mysticism	169
	Kabbala.—The Bahir.—Abulafia.—Moses of Leon.—The Zohar.—Isaac Lurya.—Isaiah Hurwitz.—Christian Kabbalists.—The Chassidim.
XVIII	Italian Jewish Poetry	178
	Immanuel and Dante.—The Machberoth.—Judah Romano.—Kalonymos.—The Eben Bochan.—Moses Rieti.—Messer Leon.
XIX	Ethical Literature	189
	Bachya Ibn Pekuda.—Choboth ha-Lebaboth.—Sefer ha-Chassidim.—Rokeach.—Yedaiah Bedaressi’s Bechinath Olam.—Isaac Aboab’s Menorath ha-Maor.—Ibn Chabib’s “Eye of Jacob.”—Zevaoth, or Ethical Wills.—Joseph Ibn Caspi.—Solomon Alami.