TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joseph Alobaidi
PY  - 2011
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2235-5723
SN  - 9783035200300
TI  - Old Jewish Commentaries on the Song of Songs I
T2  - The Commentary of Yefet ben Eli- Edited and translated from Judeo-Arabic by Joseph Alobaidi
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0352-0030-0
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052198
N2  - The commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite (second half of the tenth century) on The Song of Songs is example of an exegetical work obeying two imperatives: The explanation of the divine message of Salvation mixed with the assiduous Karaite effort to prove wrong their adversaries, the Rabbanites, with the help of the Bible. In so doing Yefet ben Eli wrote a thoughtful and original commentary on the very symbolic Song of Songs. Indeed, according to Yefet ben Eli nothing in the Book should be taken realistically. The ability of Yefet to replace symbols by historical events is one of the many marks that show Yefet’s mastery and the originality of his commentary.
KW  - heilige Texte, Altes Testament, Judentum, History of Religions (Judaism)
LA  - English
ER  -