Details

Subject(s)

• Bible Job—Commentaries [Browse]
• Karaites [Browse]

Writer of commentary

• Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century [Browse]

Translator

• Sadan, Arik [Browse]

Series

• Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 100. [More in this series]
• Karaite texts and studies ; v. 15. [More in this series]
• Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; tome c
• Karaite texts and studies, 2665-9123 ; volume 15 [More in this series]

Summary note

"This volume consists of an English translation of Sadan's edition (published in KTS 12) of the Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Job by one of the preeminent litterateurs of the Karaite "Golden Age" (10th-11th centuries), Yefet ben 'Eli ha-Levi. This English translation grants readers access to one of the earliest systematic witnesses to Jewish exegetical thought--and hence its history and development--on this fascinating biblical book, among both Karaites as well as Rabbanites"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes

• "This book's primary purpose is to present an English translation of the full critical edition of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite's Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Job."--Preface, page ix.
• "Since the basis of the English translation reflects at least two different text traditions, a Hebrew-script one and an Arabic-script one, and since the latter represents a witness to an earlier form of the text, the translation follows, whenever possible, the Arabic-script text. Page numbers of the edition are provided in the margins to facilitate alignment between the edition and the English translation. Wherever the Arabic-script text is lacking, the English translation follows the Hebrew-script text, the starting point of which is indicated by the corresponding page number and line number in the edition."--Preface, page ix.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-539) and index.

Other title(s)

Bible. Job. English. Sadan.

ISBN

• 9789004719149 ((hardback))
• 9004719148

LCCN

2024059905

OCLC

1484690133

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