The Karaite tradition of Arabic Bible translation : : a linguistic and exegetical study of Karaite translations of the Pentateuch from the tenth and eleventh centuries C.E. / / by Meira Polliack.

• Superior document: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval
• VerfasserIn: Polliack, Meira,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Köln : : E. J. Brill,, [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART ONE THE HISTORICAL AND TEXTUAL BACKGROUND -- Chapter One Arabic Bible Translation in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries -- Translations of Christian Provenance -- Translations of Samaritan Provenance -- Translations of Jewish Provenance -- Rabbanite and Genizah Sources -- Karaite Sources -- Translations Reported in Muslim Sources -- Summary -- Chapter Two Concepts of Scriptural Interpretation in the Works of Daniel al-Qūmisī -- Daniel al-Qūmisī's Interpretive Concepts -- Daniel al-Qūmisī's Translation Glosses -- Chapter Three The Jerusalem Karaites and their Concepts of Translation and Scriptural Interpretation -- Yefet ha-Levi ben 'Elī -- Yeshu'ah ben Yehudah -- 'Alī ben Sulaymān and his Sources -- David ben Bo'az -- Yūsuf ben Nūh and Abū al-Faraj Hārūn -- David ben Abraham al-Fāsī -- Chapter Four Concepts of Bible Translation in the Works of Qirqisānī and Saadiah -- Abū Yūsuf Ya'qūb al-Qirqisānī -- Saadiah ben Yosef al-Fayyūmī Gaon -- The Background of the Tafsīr -- The Introduction to the Tafsīr -- PART TWO THE LINGUISTIC AND EXEGETICAL STUDY -- Chapter Five The Translation Texts -- The Selection Parameters -- Description of the Manuscripts -- Definition of Terms -- Methodology -- Chapter Six The Rendering of Syntactical Features -- 6.1 The Hebrew Waw -- 6.2 The Cohortative and Imperative Moods -- 6.3 The Infinitive -- 6.4 The Participle -- 6.5 Negation -- 6.6 Particles -- 6.7 Prepositions -- 6.8 Pronominal Suffixes -- 6.9 Number and Gender -- 6.10 Vocative -- 6.11 Asyndetic Co-ordinate Clauses -- 6.12 Syndetic Subordinate Clauses -- 6.13 Conditional Sentences -- 6.14 Word Order -- Chapter Seven The Rendering of Lexical Features -- 7.1 Imitation -- 7.2 Paraphrase -- 7.3 Roots -- 7.4 Alternative Translations -- 7.5 Proper Names.

Chapter Eight The Rendering of Cohesion Types of Addition in the Translation Texts -- 8.1 Textually Interpretive Additions -- 8.2 Theologically Interpretive Additions -- 8.3 Referential Links -- 8.4 Temporal Links -- 8.5 Omission in Saadiah's Translation -- Chapter Nine Trends and Tendencies in the Translations of the Karaites and Saadiah -- 9.1 Syntax -- 9.2 Lexicon -- 9.3 Cohesion -- 9.4 Conclusions -- Chapter Ten Conclusions -- Appendix One Statements on Translation -- Appendix Two Table of Manuscripts Cited in the Linguistic Study -- Appendix Three List of Manuscripts Containing Karaite Translations of the Pentateuch -- Appendix Four The Versions of Yefet and Yeshu'ah to Genesis 2-3 -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- General Index -- Index of Biblical Passages.