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Subject(s)

• Bible Joshua—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Karaites [Browse]

Related name

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

Series

• Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 64. [More in this series]
• Karaite texts and studies ; v. 7. [More in this series]
• Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval ; tome LXIV
• Karaite texts and studies ; volume 7 [More in this series]

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English, Hebrew, Arabic.

Contents

• Yefet ben 'Eli on the Book of Joshua: preliminary observations
• Yefet b. 'Eli and his commentary on Joshua
• 1. The Translation of Hebrew place names
• 2. The use of Islamic terminology in the translation
• 3. Alternative translations
• 4. Pious interpolations with names for God
• 5. The working out of interpretations within the translation Itself
• 6. The possible influence of Saadia
• 7. Apologetic and polemical readings
• Introduction to the edition
• The manuscripts
• The Hebraized tradition
• The Arabized tradition
• Short fragments
• Format and method of editing
• The apparatuses
• Examples of variants in the First Apparatus
• Examples of variants in the Second Apparatus
• Sigla
• Appendix. The eleventh-century Arabic-character fragments (British Library Or. 2547).

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Other title(s)

Bible. Joshua. Judeo-Arabic. Japheth ben Ali.

ISBN

• 9789004283121 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9004283129 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9789004283541 (e-book)
• 9004283544 (e-book)

LCCN

2014033743

OCLC

889666429

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