Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 405 pages)
ISBN:
9780197639580
Content:
The emergence of the Jewish Bible commentary in the tenth century marks a turning point in Jewish intellectual history, namely, the transition from ancient rabbinic culture to the Arabized Judaism of the medieval period. This book explores a formative moment in this cultural reorientation by analyzing one of the earliest Jewish Bible commentaries.
Content:
Cover -- Series -- Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Notes on the Translation -- PART 1 STUDIES -- 1. Lamentations and the Mourners for Zion -- The Mourners for Zion: The Karaite "Return" to Jerusalem -- Biblical Scholarship in the Threefold Mandate to Return -- Scholars of the Karaite Community in Jerusalem -- 2. The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yerūḥīm -- Salmon b. Yerūḥīm and His Commentary on Lamentations -- Structure of the Commentary -- Programmatic Introduction (Ṣadr or Muqaddima) -- The Translation of Lamentations -- Translation and Figurative Imagery -- Linguistic Principles to Justify a Translation Choice -- The Verse Comments -- Biblical Citations from Outside Lamentations -- Citations from Other Scholars -- Actualizing Interpretations -- The Refrain -- Consolations (Neḥamot) -- 3. Salmon's Engagement with Rabbinic Sources -- Rabbinic Knowledge Among Salmon and the Jerusalem Karaites -- Explicit Citation of Rabbinic Sources, Including the Targum -- Using Midrash in Contextual Exegesis: The Transfer of the Divine Glory in Lamentations 1:6 -- Rabbinic Hermeneutics: The Ten Commandments and Requital in Kind in Lamentations 1:8 -- Rabbinic Mourning Practices and the Jerusalem Karaites in Lamentations 1:8 -- 4. Salmon's Approach to Figurative Language -- Salmon's Arabic Terminology for Figurative Language -- Figurative Language (Majāz) and Metaphor (Istiʿāra) -- The True Sense (Ḥaqīqa) -- Likening, Analogy, or Extended Metaphor (Tamthīl) -- Mathal and Mashal: Interpreting a Biblical Parable (The Pot of Ezekiel 11 and 24) -- Conclusions -- 5. The Art of the Homily -- Salmon's Homiletical-Exegetical Project -- The Homiletical Voice in Jewish Literature -- Oratory (Khuṭba) and Pious Counsel (Waʿẓ) in Arabic-Islamic Contexts.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780197639559
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Salmôn Ben-Yerôḥām Jewish piety in Islamic Jerusalem New York : Oxford University Press, 2022 ISBN 9780197639559
Language:
English
Keywords:
Salmôn Ben-Yerôḥām
;
Bibel Klagelieder
;
Kommentar
;
Jerusalem
;
Islam
;
Bibel Klagelieder
;
Geschichte 950
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197639559.001.0001
