The Western Karaim Torah : A Critical Edition of a Manuscript from 1720 / Michał Németh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Németh, Michał, 1980- author.

Series:

Languages of Asia ; 24.

Languages of Asia ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (1466 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Critical Edition of a Manuscript from 1720

Place of Publication:

Brill 2021

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Language Note:

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.

Contents:

v. 1. The Western Karaim Torah volume 1

v. 2. The Western Karaim Torah volume 2

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789004447370

9004447377

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004447370 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access