The Western Karaim Torah: a critical edition of a manuscript from 1720
This volume offers the critical edition and an English translation of the oldest translation of the Pentateuch into Western Karaim copied in 1720 by Simcha ben Chananel (died 1723). The manuscript was compared against several other Karaim translations of the Torah as well as with the standard text o...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
BRILL
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | The languages of Asia
24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Karaimisch
/ Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch
/ Geschichte 1720
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible
Old Testament
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| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (DOI) |
| Summary: | This volume offers the critical edition and an English translation of the oldest translation of the Pentateuch into Western Karaim copied in 1720 by Simcha ben Chananel (died 1723). The manuscript was compared against several other Karaim translations of the Torah as well as with the standard text of the Hebrew Bible. The author provides a description of the manuscript's language and an outline of the history of Western Karaim translations of the Torah to better understand the its philological and historical background |
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| Item Description: | Umfasst Volume 1 & 2 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004447377 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004447370 |