عنوان

Exegesis, homily, and historical reflection in the Arabic commentary on lamentations by Salmon ben Yerūhīm, tenth-century Karaite of Jerusalem

Number

TL48564

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Exegesis, homily, and historical reflection in the Arabic commentary on lamentations by Salmon ben Yerūhīm, tenth-century Karaite of Jerusalem

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jessica Hope Andruss

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Robinson, James T.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Chicago

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

376

Text of Note

Committee members: Fishbane, Michael; Polliack, Meira; Qutbuddin, Tahera

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-32102-8

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Divinity

Body granting the degree

The University of Chicago

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

The expansion of Islam, which brought the majority of the world's Jews into contact with the Arabic and Islamic cultural spheres, transformed medieval Jewish culture and religion. Jews adopted and contributed to the development of Arabic literature, shifting away from the thematic and formal elements of the rabbinic tradition. It was within this milieu that the first Jewish commentaries on the Bible emerged. The leaders in this dynamic cultural reorientation were the Karaites, a Jewish movement that coalesced around the principles of biblical scholarship, asceticism, and eschatology. Intent on hastening the redemption, the Karaites established a spiritual center in Jerusalem at the end of the ninth century C.E. There, they undertook a rigorous program of asceticism and devoted themselves to studying the Bible. The Jerusalem Karaites, known as the "Mourners for Zion," considered the biblical book of Lamentations to be an important source of pious and ritual instruction for their community.

Religion; Islamic Studies; Judaic studies

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Biblical exegesis;Jerusalem;Judeo-arabic;Karaite;Lamentations;Medieval

Al Korani, Joud

Robinson, James T.

Subdivision

Divinity

The University of Chicago

Call Number

1749789521; 3740111

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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