An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther

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Preferred Citation

Wechsler, Michael. “An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther.” Hebrew Union College Annual 72 (2002): 101–37.

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Abstract

An edition and English translation of an anonymous Qaraite Judaeo-Arabic commentary on Esther, extant only up to 3:4, and containing sporadic glosses of the biblical text; comparison is drawn to, inter alia, the translational equivalents of Yefet b. Eli and Salmon b. Yeruḥam.

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Article

Title: An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther

Author: Michael Wechsler

URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QJ8XYPBI  Link to Biblia Arabica bibliography Bibliographic Record.

Publication

Title: Hebrew Union College Annual

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Date of Publication: 2002

Pages: 101-37

Volume: 72

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Subject Headings

Esther  Old Testament  Jewish  Qaraite  Sapiential Books  Hebrew  Salmon ben Yeruḥam  Yefet ben ʿEli 

Cited Manuscripts

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, héb. 295  St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Evr. I 1755  St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Evr.-Arab. I 4467  St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Evr.-Arab. I 4468  St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Evr.-Arab. II 3295 
 

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Editorial Responsibility:

  • Ronny Vollandt, general editor, Biblia Arabica
  • Ronny Vollandt and Nathan P. Gibson, editors, Biblia Arabica
  • SophiaK, entry contributor, “An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther”
  • Adrian Binder, entry contributor, “An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther”
  • Michael Wechsler, entry contributor, “An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther”
  • Ronny Vollandt, entry contributor, “An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther”

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  • Record added to Zotero by SophiaK
  • Record edited in Zotero by Adrian Binder
  • Primary editing by Michael Wechsler
  • Primary editing by Ronny Vollandt

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