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- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 806 pages)
- Summary
- "Judah Hadassi was the most prominent Karaite Jewish author of twelfth-century Byzantium, steeped in Karaite and Byzantine Greek traditions. In Theological Encounters at a Crossroads: An Edition and Translation of Judah Hadassi's Eshkol ha-kofer, First Commandment, and Studies of the Book's Judaeo-Arabic and Byzantine Contexts, a scientific edition of the first quarter of the Hebrew text of Hadassi's magnum opus is presented with an English translation, a summary of his theology, a discussion of his use of the Greek language, and a linguistic analysis and transcription of all the Greek terms which appear in Hebrew letters in the entire treatise. This book should be of interest to students of Jewish thought, Hebrew literature and medieval Byzantine culture and language"--
- Series Statement
- Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; tome LXXVII [volume 77]
- Karaite texts and studies ; volume 11
- Uniform Title
- Theological encounters at a crossroads (Online)
- Eshkol ha-kofer.
- Eshkol ha-kofer. English.
- Alternative Title
- Theological encounters at a crossroads (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [743]-755) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Language (note)
- Contents
- Description of manuscripts and editing principles of the Hebrew text -- Introduction to the English translation -- Judah Hadassi's Eshkol ha-kofer, preliminary acrostics and alphabets 1-100-Hebrew edition and English translation -- Judah Hadassi and the Greek language in twelfth-century Constantinople and glossary of Greek terms in Eshkol ha-kofer.
- LCCN
- 2018040255
- OCLC
- ssj0002078586
- Author
Hadassi, Judah ben Elijah, active 12th century.
- Title
Theological encounters at a crossroads [electronic resource] : an edition and translation of Judah Hadassi's Eshkol ha-kofer, first commandment, and studies of the book's Judaeo-Arabic and Byzantine contexts / by Daniel J. Lasker, Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis, David Sklare ; in association with Sandra Görgen and Saskia Dönitz.
- Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Series
Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; tome LXXVII [volume 77]
Karaite texts and studies ; volume 11
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [743]-755) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Language
English and Hebrew.
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- Added Author
Lasker, Daniel J.
Niehoff-Panagiotidis, Johannes.
Sklare, David Eric.
- Added Title
Eshkol ha-kofer.
Eshkol ha-kofer. English.