From Persia with Love

The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon Ben Yerōḥām on the Book of Esther
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-19133-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 47/16, 502 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 986 g

Reihe: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval / Karaite Texts and Studies

This volume comprises an edition and translation of one of the earliest specimens of Jewish programmatic commentary on the book of Esther. The commentary’s author, Salmon b. Yeroham, is a central early figure in the “Golden Age” of Karaism (late-9th–11th cent.), a Jewish scripturalist and penitential movement centered at that time in Jerusalem. Among the various facets of Salmon’s commentary that we explore in our introduction are his translation technique, exegetical method, homiletical emphases, and polemical concerns. We also explore his use of sources, both explicit and tacit (in the latter case to a surprisingly broad degree as regards rabbinic sources and Saadia), as well as the reception of Salmon’s commentary in subsequent Jewish exegetical tradition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

G Wechsler, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Homiletik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelübersetzungen & Sonderausgaben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Transliteration Tables

Introduction

Overview: Salmon’s Exegetical Enterprise

Methods and Themes in Salmon’s Commentary on Esther 1 The Linguistic-Contextual Foundation 2 Homiletical Themes 3 Polemics in the Service of Piety 4 Circumspect Use of Previous Sources

The Reception of Salmon’s Commentary on Esther 1 In Judaeo-Arabic Exegetical Tradition 2 In Hebrew Exegetical Tradition

Written Witnesses Employed for the Present Edition 1 Primary Witnesses to Salmon’s Commentary on Esther 2 Secondary Witnesses to Salmon’s Commentary on Esther: Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings, Citations, and Shared Sources 3 Relationship of the Manuscript Witnesses

Editorial Method 1 The Basic Text and General Principles 2 The Apparatuses

Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation

Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations

English Translation

English Translation

Appendix1: Two Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings of Salmon’s Commentary on the Book of Esther

Appendix2: Salmon’s Linguistic Terminology: A Preliminary Inventory

Appendix3: Abu Yusuf Ya?qub b. Is?aq al-Qirqisani, Kitab al-anwar wa-?l-maraqib, SectionIX, Chapters15–17

Bibliographical Abbreviations

Index of Manuscripts

Index of Hebrew Bible

Index of Rabbinic Literature

Index of Medieval and Early-Modern Authors and Works

General Index

Plates

The Edited Text

The Edited Text

Über Autor(innen)

Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006), University of Chicago, is co-editor of Brill’s Karaite Texts and Studies series and, in addition to authoring numerous articles on pre-modern Jewish Bible exegesis, has edited and translated the commentaries on Esther by Saadia Gaon (Brill, 2015) and Yefet ben 'Eli (Brill, 2008), as well as the commentaries on Ruth and Esther by Tanhum ha-Yerushalmi (Magnes, 2010).