); ▁but ▁he ▁intended ▁to ▁compose , ▁or , ▁as ▁Per les ▁thinks , ▁actually ▁did ▁compose , ▁a ▁larger ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁Pent ate uch . ▁Per les ▁has ▁furn ished ▁am ple ▁proof ▁that ▁A aron ▁Ald abi — or , ▁as ▁he ▁called ▁himself , ▁A aron ▁Al rab i — was ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁great ▁original ity ▁and ▁mer it , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁hoped ▁that ▁his ▁lost ▁works ▁will ▁be ▁discovered , ▁and ▁that ▁ed itions ▁of ▁his ▁comment ary , ▁based ▁on ▁clear ▁manuscript s ▁existing ▁in ▁Oxford ▁and ▁elsewhere , ▁will ▁fully ▁v ind icate ▁his ▁character , ▁though ▁Gra etz ▁and ▁Kar p eles , ▁in ▁their ▁histor ies , ▁have ▁attacked ▁him . ▁ ▁J . ▁H . ▁Sch orr , ▁in ▁" Z ion ," ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁first ▁called ▁attention ▁to ▁Ab u ▁al - R abi , ▁err one ously ▁calling ▁him ▁A aron ▁ben ▁M ose ▁Al rab i ; ▁but , ▁ow ing ▁to ▁a ▁misunder standing ▁of ▁his ▁remarks , ▁he ▁as cri bes ▁to ▁him ▁the ▁strange ▁assertion ▁that ▁Mos es ▁translated ▁the ▁Pent ate uch ▁from ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁into ▁Heb rew — a ▁misunder standing ▁repeated ▁by ▁Gr ätz , ▁" G esch . ▁d . ▁Jud en " ▁( third ▁edition ), ▁v iii . ▁ 2 5 0 , ▁and ▁by ▁Kar p eles , ▁" G esch . ▁der ▁J üd ischen ▁Literatur ," ▁p .