Search Scripture well : Karaite exegetes and the origins of the Jewish Bible commentary in the Islamic East / by Daniel Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Daniel.

Series:

Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 0169-815X ; t. 29.

Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; t. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--To 1500.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Karaites--Palestine.

Karaites.

Karaites--Iraq.

Karaite manuscripts.

Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century.

Japheth ben Ali.

History.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

xv, 374 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

Contains Judeo-Arabic texts.

Summary:

This book describes the Karaite contribution to the development of Jewish biblical exegesis in the Islamic East during the tenth century. Comprising a series of linked, thematic studies, it includes extensive selections from manuscript sources in Judeo-Arabic with English translation.

Contents:

Chapter 1 "Search Scripture Well" 1

Chapter 2 Unclean Birds and Tassels: Indeterminacy and Halakhic Exegesis 33

Japheth b. Eli on Deuteronomy 14:11-20 (= Text 2.2) 80

Japheth b. Eli on Deuteronomy 33:4 (= Text 2.4) 88

Chapter 3 Interpreting Dreams and Scriptures 95

Japheth b. Eli on Genesis 40:12-13 (= Text 3.4)

Sahl b. Masliah on Genesis 41:15-16 (= Text 3.8) 139

Sahl b. Masliah on Genesis 41:5-7 (= Text 3.10) 143

Chapter 4 "The Voice of the Turtledove": Interpreting the Song of Songs 145

Chapter 5 The Shoshannim and Their Liturgy: Exegesis, Prayer, and Communal Identity 165

Chapter 6 A Prophet Like Moses: Exegesis As Religious Polemic 204

Epilogue: On the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East 248

Judeo-Arabic Texts 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-350) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004139028

OCLC:

54694683