The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet Ben 'Eli on the Book of Proverbs - Volume 1: Edition and Introduction. Karaite Texts and Studies Volume 8

In this volume, Ilana Sasson offers a critical edition and a comprehensive study of the Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Proverbs by the tenth century Karaite exegete, Yefet ben 'Eli.

About the author

Ilana Sasson Z"l, Ph.D. (2010), The Jewish Theological Seminary, and post-doctoral research fellow at Tel-Aviv University (2012-2014), teaches religion and Hebrew Bible at Sacred Heart University, CT. She has contributed several encyclopedic entries to the Textual History of the Bible (Brill 2015), and to the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (forthcoming). She has also published several articles on Karaite hermeneutics, masorah, theology, gender equality, and the concept of the mudawwin in various scholarly journals.

Product details

• Authors: Ilana Sasson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2016
• EAN: 9789004317482
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31748-2
• No. of pages: 546
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 244 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 916 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism