The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet Ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Joshua : Karaite Texts and Studies Volume 7.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Yefet ben ʿEli on the Book of Joshua: Preliminary Observations -- Yefet b. ʿEli and His Commentary on Joshua -- The Translation of Hebrew Place Names -- The Use of Islamic Terminology in the Translation -- Alternative Translations -- Pious Interpolations with Names for God -- The Working Out of Interpretations within the Translation Itself -- The Possible Influence of Saadia -- Apologetic and Polemical Readings -- Introduction to the Edition -- The Manuscripts -- The Hebraized Tradition -- The Arabized Tradition -- Short Fragments -- Format and Method of Editing -- The Apparatuses -- Examples of Variants in the First Apparatus -- Examples of Variants in the Second Apparatus -- Sigla -- Appendix. The Eleventh-Century Arabic-Character Fragments (British Library Or. 2547) -- Yefet Ben ʿEli's Commentary on Joshua-Edition of the Judeo-Arabic -- Joshua 1 -- Joshua 2 -- Joshua 3 -- Joshua 4 -- Joshua 5 -- Joshua 6 -- Joshua 7 -- Joshua 8 -- Joshua 9 -- Joshua 10 -- Joshua 11 -- Joshua 12 -- Joshua 13 -- Joshua 14 -- Joshua 15 -- Joshua 16 -- Joshua 17 -- Joshua 18 -- Joshua 19 -- Joshua 20 -- Joshua 21 -- Joshua 22 -- Joshua 23 -- Joshua 24 -- Index of Biblical Verses.

Yefet ben 'Eli (fl. 960-1005) was the most prolific and influential biblical exegete in the Karaite tradition. However, only a small percentage of his commentaries have been published. The present volume makes available for the first time his commentary Joshua.

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