The Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben ʻEli the Karaite on the Book of Job
By: by Arik Sadan
Contributors: Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century; Kollekt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Firkovicha
Series: Karaite Texts and Studies -- 12; Karaite texts and studies -- 12.; Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval -- t. 81.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 717
ISBN-13: 9789004417199; 9789004417205
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Karaites; Exegese; Übersetzung; Arabisch; Handschrift; Translations into Arabic; Bible; Bibel
Other titles: Bible. Job. Judeo-Arabic. Japheth ben Ali.
Description: "This volume consists of an edition of the Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Job by one of the preeminent litterateurs of the Karaite "Golden Age" (10th-11th centuries), Yefet ben 'Eli ha-Levi. Yefet's complete translation and commentary on Job, published for the first time, provides fascinating insight into the history and development of exegetical thought on this book, both among the Karaites as well as the Rabbanites. In preparing this edition, all extant twenty-five manuscripts have been consulted, most of them from the Firkovitch Collection. Their length varies from 1 to 340 folios and in total they contain ca. 2,850 folios"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.