...The Messilat Yesharim, by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzato (Ramchal), is one of the foundational works of mussar. [1] The Gra, among others, praise the Messilat Yesharim.[2] As such, any addition to its oeuvre is important in its own right. The Ofeq Institute* has recently published an English translation of an alternative version of the Messilat Yesharim. This version is fundamentally different than the standard edition of Messilat Yesharim. The standard edition is divided into chapters based upon various character traits. The second, this new version, eschews the chapter divisions and instead is arranged in a conversation or dialogue format. Specifically, a dialogue between a wise man and a pious person is the format of this version. This second version comes from a manuscript in the Baron Ginzburg collection in the St. Petersberg Library. The manuscript is in the Ramchals own hand and is substantially larger than the other version. Although the Hebrew edition of the dialogue version has been available for a bit (also from Ofeq),[3] this version has now been published in an English edition... amazon/Complete-Mesillat-Yesharim-Heb-Bound/dp/1881255441 For further details regarding this edition see the link below, the above is a quote from this site. seforim.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/ofeq-institute-and-new-english-version.html ------------------------------------------------ Artscroll have issued their version electronically (see previous post) and also the Feldheim at:- amazon/Path-Just-Torah-Classics-Library/dp/1583306773/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412678966&sr=8-1&keywords=mesilat+yesharim [$4.92 for Kindle Edition] Also the Kaplan/Stone translation at:- amazon/Mesillat-Yesharim-The-Path-Upright/dp/082760856X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412679020&sr=8-2&keywords=mesilat+yesharim
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:52:18 +0000