Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Joshua
[book]
\ by James T. Robinson.
Leiden, The Netherlands
: Brill
, 2015
v.
Etudes sur le Judaisme medieval
Karaite Texts and Studies
; Tome LXIV
; volume 7
Includes index.
Bibliography
Yefet ben 'Eli on the Book of Joshua: preliminary observations -- Yefet b. 'Eli and his commentary on Joshua -- 1. The Translation of Hebrew place names -- 2. The use of Islamic terminology in the translation -- 3. Alternative translations -- 4. Pious interpolations with names for God -- 5. The working out of interpretations within the translation Itself -- 6. The possible influence of Saadia -- 7. 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).