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245 0 4 _aThe Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite on the Abraham narratives (Genesis 11:10-25:18)
_h[electronic resource] :
_bedition and introduction /
_cby Marzena Zawanowska.
260 _aLeiden :
_bBRILL,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (594 p.)
490 1 _aÉtudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ;
_vv. 46
490 1 _aKaraite texts and studies ;
_vv. 4
505 0 _aAcknowledgments; Transliteration Tables; PART I: INTRODUCTION; Chapter One. Yefet and His Times; 1. Biography and Works; 2. Yefet's Commentary on Genesis; 2.1. Dating and General Description; 2.2. Language and Style; 2.3. Structure and Composition; 3. Earlier and Contemporary Karaite Commentaries on Genesis; 3.1. Benjamin al-Nahawandi; 3.2. Daniel al-Qumisi; 3.3. Ya'qub al-Qirqisani; 3.4. Salmon ben Yeroham; 3.5. Sahl ben Masliah; 3.6. Yusuf b. Nuh; 3.7. David ben Bo'az; 3.8. David ben Abraham al-Fasi; 4. Later Karaite Commentaries on Genesis; 4.1. Judaeo-Arabic Commentaries.
505 8 _a4.2. Hebrew CommentariesChapter Two. Who Wrote the Torah? Yefet's View on the Authorship of the Pentateuch; 1. Formal Statements; 2. One Book, Various Authors; 2.1. God as the Divine Author of the Torah; 2.2. Moses as the Earthly Author of the Torah; 2.3. Joshua and Other Co-Authors of the Torah; 2.4. The Anonymous Mudawwin as the Final Author of the Torah; 3. The Term Mudawwin as Camouflage; 4. The Karaite Innovation of the Biblical Mudawwin; 4.1. Internal Jewish Debate; 4.2. The Karaite Approach to the Bible; 4.3. Polemical Response; 4.4. The Impact of Arabic Culture; 5. Conclusion.
505 8 _aChapter Three. In Quest of Truth: Yefet's Hermeneutic Concepts1. Rational Inquiry as a Divine Commandment; 2. Bible Study as a Religious Duty; 3. The Pedagogical Purpose of Cumulative Exegesis; 4. A Selective and Critical Approach to Sources; 5. Epistemological Principles of Biblical Exegesis; 6. The Literal-Contextual Approach to Scripture; 7. Hermeneutical Tenets Underlying Yefet's Exegetical Approach; 8. The Ideal of Comprehensive, yet Focused Bible Commentary; 9. Following the Holy Text; 10. Pragmatic Aspect of Bible Exegesis; 11. Beneficial Purposes of Biblical Narratives.
505 8 _a12. The Restricted Interdisciplinarity of Biblical Exegesis13. The Limits of Human Knowledge; 14. Conclusion; Chapter Four. Between the Holy Text and Its Unholy Context: Polemical Overtones in Yefet's Commentary on Genesis; 1. Christianity; 2. Rabbinic Judaism and Jewish Sects; 2.1. The Rabbis; 2.2. Saadia Gaon; 2.3. The Brahmins; 3. Karaism and Karaite Sects; 3.1. Benjamin al-Nahawandi; 3.2. 'Anan ben David; 3.3. Abu 'Imran al-Tiflisi; 3.4. The Tustarians; 3.5. Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Bakhtawi; 4. Islam; 5. Conclusion.
505 8 _aChapter Five. Scripture as the Supreme Composition: Literary Aspects of Yefet's Exegesis of Genesis1. The Biblical Narrative: The Story and Its Composition; 1.1. The Multi-layered Structure of Biblical Narratives; 1.2. Structural Elements of the Biblical Text; 1.3. The Cohesive Organization of the Scriptural Text; 1.4. The Principle of Thematic Arrangement; 1.5. The Principle of Complementary Distribution; 2. The Art of Narration: Biblical Style and Its Fundamental Tenets; 2.1. Gradual Disclosure of Information; 2.2. Non-Chronological Arrangement; 2.3. Purposeful Elisions.
500 _a2.4. Meaningful Repetition.
520 _aThis volume consists of a critical edition of the Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite on the entire Abraham narrative. The edition is preceded by an extensive introduction in which the author discusses various facets of Yefet's exegesis.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
630 0 0 _aBible.
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_pGenesis XI, 10-XXV,18
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650 0 _aKaraites.
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aZawanowska, Marzena.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
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830 0 _aKaraite texts and studies ;
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