Exegesis and Grammar in Medieval Karaite Texts

Klappentext This volume contains a collection of articles that present studies of medieval Karaite texts. The articles in the volume concern primary manuscript sources, the majority of which have not been published so far. They examine various topics in Biblical exegesis and grammar. Zusammenfassung This volume contains a collection of articles that present studies of medieval Karaite texts. The articles in the volume concern primary manuscript sources, the majority of which have not been published so far. They examine various topics in Biblical exegesis and grammar. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Introduction Articles Historical-literary, rhetorical and redactional methods of interpretation in Yefet ben Eli's Introduction to the Minor Prophets The Commentary on Psalms by Yefet ben Eli The Commentary on Ruth by Yefet ben Eli Early Karaite grammatical commentaries A Karaite approach to Hosea 2:1-15 The Tafsir al-Alfaz by Abu al-Faraj Harun: Manuscripts and grammatical tradition The transmission of al-Kitab al-Kafi by Abu al-Faraj Harun in medieval manuscripts Karaite epistolary Hebrew: the letters of Toviyya ben Mose

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Khan
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Khan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2002
• EAN: 9780198510659
• ISBN: 978-0-19-851065-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity