From Persia with Love
The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon ben Yer???m on the Book of Esther
Series: Études sur le juda?sme médiéval / Karaite Texts and Studies; 47/16;
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Product details:
- Publisher BRILL
- Date of Publication 24 April 2025
- ISBN 9789004191334
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages502 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 986 g
- Language English 656
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Short description:
This volume comprises an edition and translation of the oldest-known programmatic Karaite commentary on the book of Esther. This mid-10th-century work offers fascinating insight?explored in our introduction?into the exegetical method and homiletical mindset of one of early?s Karaism?s central figures.
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This volume comprises an edition and translation of one of the earliest specimens of Jewish programmatic commentary on the book of Esther. The commentary?s author, Salmon b. Yer???m, is a central early figure in the ?Golden Age? of Karaism (late-9th?11th cent.), a Jewish scripturalist and penitential movement centered at that time in Jerusalem. Among the various facets of Salmon?s commentary that we explore in our introduction are his translation technique, exegetical method, homiletical emphases, and polemical concerns. We also explore his use of sources, both explicit and tacit (in the latter case to a surprisingly broad degree as regards rabbinic sources and Saadia), as well as the reception of Salmon?s commentary in subsequent Jewish exegetical tradition.
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Preface
Transliteration Tables
Introduction
Overview: Salmon&&&x2019;s Exegetical Enterprise
Methods and Themes in Salmon&&&x2019;s Commentary on Esther
1 The Linguistic-Contextual Foundation
2 Homiletical Themes
3 Polemics in the Service of Piety
4 Circumspect Use of Previous Sources
The Reception of Salmon&&&x2019;s Commentary on Esther
1 In Judaeo-Arabic Exegetical Tradition
2 In Hebrew Exegetical Tradition
Written Witnesses Employed for the Present Edition
1 Primary Witnesses to Salmon&&&x2019;s Commentary on Esther
2 Secondary Witnesses to Salmon&&&x2019;s Commentary on Esther: Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings, Citations, and Shared Sources
3 Relationship of the Manuscript Witnesses
Editorial Method
1 The Basic Text and General Principles
2 The Apparatuses
Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation
Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations
English Translation
English Translation
Appendix1: Two Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings of Salmon&&&x2019;s Commentary on the Book of Esther
Appendix2: Salmon&&&x2019;s Linguistic Terminology: A Preliminary Inventory
Appendix3: Ab&&&x016B; Y&&&x016B;suf Ya&&&x02BF;q&&&x016B;b b. Is&&&x1E25;&&&x0101;q al-Qirqis&&&x0101;n&&&x012B;, Kit&&&x0101;b al-anw&&&x0101;r wa-&&&x02BE;l-mar&&&x0101;qib, SectionIX, Chapters15&&&x2013;17
Bibliographical Abbreviations
Index of Manuscripts
Index of Hebrew Bible
Index of Rabbinic Literature
Index of Medieval and Early-Modern Authors and Works
General Index
Plates
The Edited Text
The Edited Text
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