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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael G. WechslerPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.165kg ISBN: 9789004278226ISBN 10: 9004278222 Pages: 670 Publication Date: 27 March 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Transliteration Tables Introduction Overview Methods and Themes in Saadia's Exegesis of Esther 1 The Methodological Framework: Balancing Reason and Tradition 2 Interaction with Rabbinic Tradition 3 Polemics 4 Exploring the Exigence of Dissimulation Publication History Written Witnesses Employed for the Present Edition 1 Primary Witnesses to Saadia's Commentary on Esther 2 Secondary Witnesses to Saadia's Commentary on Esther: Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings, Precis, and Citations by Later Medieval Writers Editorial Method 1 The Basic Text 2 The Apparatuses Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations Translation The Title and the Introduction 1 The First Section (al-Qissat al-ula) 2 The Second Section (al-Qissat al-thaniya) 3 The Third Section (al-Qissat al-thalitha) 4 The Fourth Section (al-Qissat al-rabi'a) 5 The Fifth Section (al-Qissat al-khamisa) 6 The Sixth Section (al-Qissat al-sadisa) 7 The Seventh Section (al-Qissat al-sabi'a) Appendix, Bibliographical Abbreviations, Indices, and Plates Appendix: Secondary Judaeo-Arabic Witnesses to Saadia's Commentary on Esther: Edited Texts of the Reworkings and Precis 1 An Anonymous Condensed Reworking of Kitab al-inas 2 A Condensed Reworking of Kitab al-inas, Encompassing the Commentary on 1:1-11 and the Introduction, in the Commentary of Isaac Gaon ben Israel on Parashat Teruma (Exod 25:1-27:19) 3 An Anonymous Precis of Saadia's Comment on Esther 3:1-4 4 An Anonymous Abridged Reworking of Saadia's Comment on Esther 1:1 Bibliographical Abbreviations 1 Libraries, Institutes, Organizations, and Manuscript Collections 2 Books, Articles, and Works in Manuscript Indices Manuscripts Scriptural References 1 Hebrew Bible 2 Qur'an Rabbinic Literature Medieval Authors and Works General Index Plates The Edited Text Editorial Introduction (Abridged) The Judaeo-Arabic Text of Kitab al-inas bi-'l-jalwaReviewsAuthor InformationMichael 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 Tanhum ha-Yerushalmi on the Books of Ruth and Esther (2010), The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther (2006), and Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (2005). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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