The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and IntroductionKaraite Texts and Studies 1; Études sur le judaïsme médiévalBiblia ArabicaDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftRonny VollandtRonny VollandtNathan P. GibsonNathan P. GibsonAdrian BinderMichael WechslerRonny VollandtRecord added to Zotero byNathan P. GibsonRecord edited in Zotero byAdrian BinderPrimary editing byMichael WechslerPrimary editing byRonny VollandtBiblia Arabicahttps://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Y269T5AH/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Michael G.WechslerMichael G.WechslerThe Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and Introductionhttps://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Y269T5AHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/biblia_arabica/items/Y269T5AHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/538215/items/Y269T5AHhttp://www.worldcat.org/oclc/536060258LeidenBrill2008Karaite Texts and Studies 1; Études sur le judaïsme médiévalConsists of an edition of the Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Esther by one of the preeminent litterateurs of the Karaite "Golden Age", Yefet ben 'Eli ha-Levi. This work also assess Yefet's Arabic translation technique and includes a survey of all extant Karaite commentaries on Esther, both in Arabic as well as Hebrew.
An edition and English translation of Yefet’s Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Esther, including his introduction to the book, based on 10 distinct Mss. as represented in 11 separately-catalogued items and a lengthy citation by the Qaraite Judah Meʾir Tawrīzī. Comparative excerpts from the Judaeo-Arabic translation of Salmon b. Yeruḥam and Judaeo-Arabic glosses from the lexicon of David b. Abraham al-Fāsī are cited in the footnotes to the English translation (for the locations of which see Index IV, s.nn.). Yefet’s translation of the biblical text is addressed specifically in chap. 3 of Wechsler’s introduction. See the reviews by I.R.M. Bóid in BO 67 (2010): 189–92 https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/3Q7CRQ7N; J. Kaltner in RBL 07/2011 (http://www.bookreviews.org) https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QRK6KHQ7; and R. Vollandt in JJS 61 (2010): 181 https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NTYY9B2X.
Wechsler, Michael G., ed. The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet Ben ’Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and Introduction. Translated by Michael G. Wechsler. Karaite Texts and Studies 1; Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéval 36. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
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