From Persia with Love: The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon Ben Yerōḥām on the Book of Esther (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004191334)

This volume comprises an edition and translation of one of the earliest specimens of Jewish programmatic commentary on the book of Esther. The commentary's author, Salmon b. Yerōḥām, is a central early figure in the "Golden Age" of Karaism (late-9th-11th cent.), a Jewish scripturalist and penitential movement centered at that time in Jerusalem. Among the various facets of Salmon's commentary that we explore in our introduction are his translation technique, exegetical method, homiletical emphases, and polemical concerns. We also explore his use of sources, both explicit and tacit (in the latter case to a surprisingly broad degree as regards rabbinic sources and Saadia), as well as the reception of Salmon's commentary in subsequent Jewish exegetical tradition.

Author: Michael G. Wechsler
ISBN-10: 900419133X
ISBN-13: 9789004191334
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2016
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover