The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet Ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther

Edition, Translation, and Introduction (Karaite Texts and Studies, Volume 1)
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16388-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Judeo-Arabic, Band 36, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval / Karaite Texts and Studies

All those interested in exegesis of the book of Esther, Karaite exegesis and philosophy, the history of Jewish Bible translation and exegesis, and Judaeo-Arabic literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wechsler, Michael

Weitere Mitwirkende

Polliack, Meira

Wechsler, Michael G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS
part i: INTRODUCTION
Chapter One Yefet’s Life and Works
Chapter Two Yefet’s Exegesis of Esther
Chapter Three Yefet’s Translation of Esther
Chapter Four Other Karaite Commentaries on Esther
Chapter Five Manuscripts Employed for the Present Edition
Chapter Six Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation
Chapter Seven Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations Employed in the Edited Text
part ii: TRANSLATION
TranslationBibliography
Indexes
part iii: TEXT
Text

Über Autor(innen)

Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006) in Near Eastern Judaica, University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The editor of Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (Peeters, 2005), he has also published articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as Karaite exegesis.