From Persia with Love

The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon ben Yerōḥām on the Book of Esther

AvMichael G. Wechsler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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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. Yerōḥām, 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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-24
Mått:155 x 235 x 38 mm
Vikt:986 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Karaite Texts and Studies
Antal sidor:502
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004191334

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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 ʿEli (Brill, 2008), as well as the commentaries on Ruth and Esther by Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi (Magnes, 2010).

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PrefaceTransliteration TablesIntroductionOverview: Salmon’s Exegetical EnterpriseMethods and Themes in Salmon’s Commentary on Esther1 The Linguistic-Contextual Foundation2 Homiletical Themes3 Polemics in the Service of Piety4 Circumspect Use of Previous SourcesThe Reception of Salmon’s Commentary on Esther1 In Judaeo-Arabic Exegetical Tradition2 In Hebrew Exegetical TraditionWritten Witnesses Employed for the Present Edition1 Primary Witnesses to Salmon’s Commentary on Esther2 Secondary Witnesses to Salmon’s Commentary on Esther: Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings, Citations, and Shared Sources3 Relationship of the Manuscript WitnessesEditorial Method1 The Basic Text and General Principles2 The ApparatusesSome Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English TranslationSigns, Sigla, and AbbreviationsEnglish TranslationEnglish TranslationAppendix1: Two Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings of Salmon’s Commentary on the Book of EstherAppendix2: Salmon’s Linguistic Terminology: A Preliminary InventoryAppendix3: Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Qirqisānī, Kitāb al-anwār wa-ʾl-marāqib, SectionIX, Chapters15–17Bibliographical AbbreviationsIndex of ManuscriptsIndex of Hebrew BibleIndex of Rabbinic LiteratureIndex of Medieval and Early-Modern Authors and WorksGeneral IndexPlatesThe Edited TextThe Edited Text