Search Scripture Well : Karaite Exegetes and the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: "Search Scripture Well" -- Chapter Two: Unclean Birds and Tassels: Indeterminacy and Halakhic Exegesis -- Appendix: Japheth b. Eli on Deuteronomy 14:11-20 (= Text 2.2) -- Appendix: Japheth b. Eli on Deuteronomy 33:4 (= Text 2.4) -- Chapter Three: Interpreting Dreams and Scriptures -- Appendix: Japheth b. Eli on Genesis 40:12-13 (= Text 3.4) Sahl b. Masliah on Genesis 41:15-16 (= Text 3.8) -- Appendix: Sahl b. Masliah on Genesis 41:5-7 (= Text 3.10) -- Chapter Four: "The Voice of the Turtledove": Interpreting the Song of Songs -- Chapter Five: The Shoshannim and Their Liturgy: Exegesis, Prayer, and Communal Identity -- Chapter Six: A Prophet Like Moses: Exegesis As Religious Polemic -- Epilogue: On the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East -- Judeo-Arabic Texts -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Manuscripts Cited -- Biblical Verses -- Rabbinic Sources -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This book describes the Karaite contribution to the development of Jewish biblical exegesis in the Islamic East during the tenth century. Comprising a series of linked, thematic studies, it includes extensive selections from manuscript sources in Judeo-Arabic with English translation.

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