The Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben ʻEli the Karaite on the Abraham narratives (Genesis 11:10-25:18) /

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Uniform title:	Bible. Genesis XI, 10-XXV,18. Judeo-Arabic. Japheth ben Ali.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Description:	xvi, 283, 279, xiii p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English Judeo-Arabic
Series:	Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; t. 46 Karaite texts and studies ; vol. 4 Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 46. Karaite texts and studies ; v. 4.
Subject:	Bible. -- Genesis XI, 10-XXV,18 -- Commentaries. Karaites. Karaites. Commentaries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8776629

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Other authors / contributors:	Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century. Zawanowska, Marzena.
ISBN:	9789004191310 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004191313 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Biblical text and commentary in Judeo-Arabic; introd. and critical apparatus in English.

Table of Contents:

Yefet and his times
Who wrote the Torah? Yefet's view on the authorship of the Pentateuch
In quest of truth: Yefet's hermeneutic concepts
Between the holy text and Its unholy context: polemical overtones in Yefet's commentary on Genesis
Scripture as the supreme composition: literary aspects of Yefet's exegesis of Genesis
The limits of literalism: Yefet's approach to Bible translation
Description of manuscripts employed for the present edition
Editing of the manuscripts
Signs and abbreviations employed in the critical edition
Edition.

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