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The Western Karaim Torah : a critical edition of a manuscript from 1720 / Michał Németh.
Van Pelt Library BS1224.K37 W47 2021 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Languages of Asia series ; 24/1-2.
- The Languages of Asia Series, 2452-2961 ; 24/1-2
- Language:
- Altaic (Other)
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Pentateuch.
- Karaim language--Texts.
- Karaim language.
- Bible. Pentateuch--Versions.
- Bible.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- Language Note:
- Facing page translation with Karaim on the versos and English on the rectos ; critical matter in English.
- Summary:
- "This volume offers the critical edition and an English translation of the oldest translation of the Pentateuch into Western Karaim copied in 1720 by Simcha ben Chananel (died 1723). The manuscript was compared against several other Karaim translations of the Torah as well as with the standard text of the Hebrew Bible. The author provides a description of the manuscript's language and an outline of the history of Western Karaim translations of the Torah to better understand the its philological and historical background"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Volume 1.
- Volume 2.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Bible. Pentateuch. Karaim. 2021.
- Bible. Pentateuch. English. 2021.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Németh, Michał, The Western Karaim Torah
- ISBN:
- 9789004426580
- 9004426582
- 9789004464032
- 9004464034
- 9789004464049
- 9004464042
- OCLC:
- 1200197795
- Publisher Number:
- 99987397245
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