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Other men of learning were

"Moroh Nebnkim."

A/.ariah and his brother SamiU'l Nissim. the king's physician Elia/.er, .leshiia. .laehin Ilananiah. and •loseph ben llisdai. All.iari/.i thought very little of the .Vlepp" poets, iif whom he mentions Moses Daniel and a certain .Inseph thehest was.losi'ph hen ?eniah, who hail good i|ualilii's hut wrote bad verse. Their piety must have been extreme, for Kleazer is held up to scorn for having traveled on tiiuSiiblutth. iiltliougli lit the sultan's command.