Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006) in Near Eastern Judaica, University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The editor of Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (Peeters, 2005), he has also published articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as Karaite exegesis.

"At first sight, the book stands out as a model of systematic organization and thoroughness in treatment of detail...Wechsler has given us a detailed survey of the place of Yefet in the history of Karaite exegesis and in the history of Karaite theoretical argument." - I.R.M. Bóid"Altogether, this book may be considered an important step forward in the availability of Yefet ben 'Eli's commentaries in critical editions and will serve as a standard for future publications of his vast exegetical oeuvre." - Ronny Vollandt, University of Cambridge

• CONTENTSpart i: INTRODUCTIONChapter One Yefet’s Life and Works Chapter Two Yefet’s Exegesis of Esther Chapter Three Yefet’s Translation of EstherChapter Four Other Karaite Commentaries on EstherChapter Five Manuscripts Employed for the Present EditionChapter Six Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation Chapter Seven Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations Employed in the Edited Text part ii: TRANSLATIONTranslationBibliographyIndexespart iii: TEXTText

Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006) in Near Eastern Judaica, University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The editor of Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (Peeters, 2005), he has also published articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as Karaite exegesis.

"At first sight, the book stands out as a model of systematic organization and thoroughness in treatment of detail...Wechsler has given us a detailed survey of the place of Yefet in the history of Karaite exegesis and in the history of Karaite theoretical argument." - I.R.M. Bóid"Altogether, this book may be considered an important step forward in the availability of Yefet ben 'Eli's commentaries in critical editions and will serve as a standard for future publications of his vast exegetical oeuvre." - Ronny Vollandt, University of Cambridge

• CONTENTSpart i: INTRODUCTIONChapter One Yefet’s Life and Works Chapter Two Yefet’s Exegesis of Esther Chapter Three Yefet’s Translation of EstherChapter Four Other Karaite Commentaries on EstherChapter Five Manuscripts Employed for the Present EditionChapter Six Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation Chapter Seven Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations Employed in the Edited Text part ii: TRANSLATIONTranslationBibliographyIndexespart iii: TEXTText

Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006) in Near Eastern Judaica, University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The editor of Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (Peeters, 2005), he has also published articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as Karaite exegesis.

"At first sight, the book stands out as a model of systematic organization and thoroughness in treatment of detail...Wechsler has given us a detailed survey of the place of Yefet in the history of Karaite exegesis and in the history of Karaite theoretical argument." - I.R.M. Bóid"Altogether, this book may be considered an important step forward in the availability of Yefet ben 'Eli's commentaries in critical editions and will serve as a standard for future publications of his vast exegetical oeuvre." - Ronny Vollandt, University of Cambridge

• CONTENTSpart i: INTRODUCTIONChapter One Yefet’s Life and Works Chapter Two Yefet’s Exegesis of Esther Chapter Three Yefet’s Translation of EstherChapter Four Other Karaite Commentaries on EstherChapter Five Manuscripts Employed for the Present EditionChapter Six Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation Chapter Seven Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations Employed in the Edited Text part ii: TRANSLATIONTranslationBibliographyIndexespart iii: TEXTText