Daniel J. Lasker, Ph.D. (1976) in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, is the Norbert Blechner Professor of Jewish Values at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. His books include Jewish Philosophical Polemics Against Christianity in the Middle Ages (1977; second edition, 2007); and an edition and translation of Hasdai Crescas’ Refutation of the Christian Principles.

• CONTENTSBACKGROUNDChapter One Karaism and Karaite Philosophy Chapter Two Karaite Attitudes towards Religion and Science Chapter Three Karaite Philosophy in the Classical Period MAJOR THINKERSChapter Four Judah Hadassi Chapter Five Aaron ben Joseph Chapter Six Aaron ben Elijah Chapter Seven Elijah Bashyatchi CONTACTS WITH RABBANITE THINKERSChapter Eight Karaites in Spain Chapter Nine Judah Halevi and Karaism Chapter Ten Maimonides and Karaism—Mutual Influences Chapter Eleven Karaism and the Jewish-Christian Debate TOPICSChapter Twelve The Theory of Compensation (ʻIwaḍ ) in Rabbanite and Karaite Thought: Animal Sacrifices, Ritual Slaughter, and Circumcision Chapter Thirteen The Prophecy of Abraham in Karaite Thought Chapter Fourteen Jerusalem in Later Karaite ThoughtChapter Fifteen Afterlife and Eschatology INTO THE MODERN PERIODChapter Sixteen Into the Modern Period