The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and Introduction Karaite Texts and Studies 1; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval Biblia Arabica Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Ronny Vollandt Ronny Vollandt Nathan P. Gibson Nathan P. Gibson Adrian Binder Michael Wechsler Ronny Vollandt Record added to Zotero by Nathan P. Gibson Record edited in Zotero by Adrian Binder Primary editing by Michael Wechsler Primary editing by Ronny Vollandt Biblia Arabica https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Y269T5AH/tei

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 CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record. Michael G. Wechsler Michael G. Wechsler The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and Introduction https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Y269T5AH https://www.zotero.org/groups/biblia_arabica/items/Y269T5AH https://www.zotero.org/groups/538215/items/Y269T5AH http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/536060258 Leiden Brill 2008 Karaite Texts and Studies 1; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval Consists 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. Esther Lausanne Lichaa (Elisha; private coll.) 10 MS: Lausanne, Lichaa (Elisha; private coll.) 10 London British Library Or. 2517 (incorrectly referenced as 2520 on p. 143 and again in fn. 24) London British Library Or. 2520 New York Jewish Theological Seminary ENA 1651 Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France héb. 295 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr. II C 521–22 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 272 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 3476 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 3963 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 3964 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 4255 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 4380 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 4382 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. I 4469 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. I 4878 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. II 110 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. II 29 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. II 3295 St. Petersburg National Library of Russia Evr.-Arab. II 3350 Old Testament Jewish Qaraite Historical Books Hebrew David al-Fāsī Salmon ben Yeruḥam Yefet ben ʿEli