Search Scripture well : : Karaite exegetes and the origins of the Jewish Bible commentary in the Islamic East / / by Daniel Frank.
The Jewish Bible commentary was created in the Islamic East during the tenth century by scholars seeking a rational, systematic approach to Scripture. Among its earliest champions were the Karaites, scripturalists who denied rabbinic authority. Seeking to restore Judaism to its biblical roots, they...
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| Superior document: | Etudes sur le judaisme medieval, t. 29 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Etudes sur le judaisme medieval ;
t. 29. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One: "Search Scripture Well"
- Chapter Two: Unclean Birds and Tassels: Indeterminacy and Halakhic Exegesis
- Appendix: Japheth b. Eli on Deuteronomy 14:11-20 (= Text 2.2)
- Appendix: Japheth b. Eli on Deuteronomy 33:4 (= Text 2.4)
- Chapter Three: Interpreting Dreams and Scriptures
- Appendix: Japheth b. Eli on Genesis 40:12-13 (= Text 3.4) Sahl b. Masliah on Genesis 41:15-16 (= Text 3.8)
- Appendix: Sahl b. Masliah on Genesis 41:5-7 (= Text 3.10)
- Chapter Four: "The Voice of the Turtledove": Interpreting the Song of Songs
- Chapter Five: The Shoshannim and Their Liturgy: Exegesis, Prayer, and Communal Identity
- Chapter Six: A Prophet Like Moses: Exegesis As Religious Polemic
- Epilogue: On the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East
- Judeo-Arabic Texts
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Indices
- Manuscripts Cited
- Biblical Verses
- Rabbinic Sources
- General Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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