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Asceticism, Eschatology, Opposition to Philosophy: The Arabic Translation and
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Asceticism, Eschatology, Opposition to Philosophy: The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon Ben Yeroham on Qohelet (Ecclesiastes). Karaite Text Hardcover - 2012

by James T. Robinson


From the rear cover

Salmon b. Yeroham (fl. 930-960) foundational figure in the Jerusalem school of Karaite exegesis produced a substantial and influential corpus of polemical writing and biblical interpretation, including commentaries on Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Qohelet, Esther, Ruth, and Daniel. "Asceticism, Eschatology, Opposition to Philosophy: The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon ben Yeroham on Qohelet (Ecclesiastes)" presents a first critical edition of the Judaeo-Arabic Qohelet commentary together with an annotated English translation. The introduction situates Salmon s work in the history of Jewish Qohelet exegesis, explains Salmon s method of translating Qohelet into Arabic, identifies his sources and discusses his method of interpretation. The main themes Salmon finds in Solomon s book of wisdom central themes in the early Karaite movement in general will be explored at length, especially asceticism, eschatology, and an uncompromising opposition to reading foreign books.

Details

  • Title Asceticism, Eschatology, Opposition to Philosophy: The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Salmon Ben Yeroham on Qohelet (Ecclesiastes). Karaite Text
  • Author James T. Robinson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Bilingual
  • Pages 664
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date 2012
  • Features Annotated
  • ISBN 9789004191341 / 9004191348
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Jewish Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012016507
  • Dewey Decimal Code 223.807

About the author

James T. Robinson, PhD (2002) in NELC, Harvard University, is Associate Professor of the History of Judaism at The University of Chicago, The Divinity School. He has published extensively on medieval Jewish philosophy and exegesis, including Samuel ibn Tibbon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes, The Book of the Soul of Man (Mohr Siebeck, 2007).