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The Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Joshua / by James T. Robinson.
| Author/creator | Robinson, James T. |
| Other author | Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015] |
| Description | xi, 70, 204 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; Tome LXIV Karaite texts and studies ; volume 7 |
| Contents | 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). |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Contains title | Bible. Joshua Judeo-Arabic. Japheth ben Ali. |
| LCCN | 2014033743 |
| ISBN | 9789004283121 (hardback : acid-free paper) |