The Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb Al-īnās Bi-ʾl-Jalwa) - The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Saadia Gaon on the Book of Esther

This volume presents a critical edition, accompanied by an introduction and extensively annotated English translation, of the Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Esther by Saadia Gaon (882-942).

About the author

Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006), University of Chicago, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. He has published several volumes and articles on Semitic Bible translation and Judaeo-Arabic exegesis, including Strangers in the Land: The Judaeo-Arabic Exegesis of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi on the Books of Ruth and Esther (2010), The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Esther (2006), and Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (2005).

Product details

• Authors: Michael G Wechsler, Michael G. Wechsler
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2015
• EAN: 9789004278226
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27822-6
• No. of pages: 684
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 104 mm
• Weight: 1163 g
• Series: Biblia Arabica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works