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Hardcover A Biblical Translation in the Making: The Evolution and Impact of Saadia Gaon's Tafsīr Book

ISBN: 0674033353

ISBN13: 9780674033351

A Biblical Translation in the Making: The Evolution and Impact of Saadia Gaon's Tafsīr

In his youth, R. Saadia Gaon (882-942 CE) dreamed of publishing a new translation of the Torah for Arabic-speaking Jews to replace the overly literal ones in vogue at the time. It would be a proper translation, conforming to the tenets of both traditional Judaism and contemporary philosophy--not to mention the canons of Arabic grammar and style. Saadia's interest in this project was not purely academic. Rabbinic Judaism was under attack from Karaite...

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