TY - BOOK ID - 73274548 TI - Theological Encounters at a Crossroads : an Edition and Translation of Judah Hadassi’s Eshkol ha-kofer, First Commandment, and Studies of the Book’s Judaeo-Arabic and Byzantine Contexts. Karaite Texts and Studies AU - Lasker, Daniel J. AU - Niehoff-Panagiotidis, Johannes AU - Sklare, David Eric AU - Görgen, Sandra AU - Dönitz, Saskia AU - Brill PY - 2019 SN - 9789004380318 9789004380301 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Ten commandments KW - Karaites KW - Baʻale Miḳra KW - Baʻalei Mikra KW - Bene Miḳra KW - Benei Mikra KW - Karaʾim (Jewish sect) KW - Karaism KW - Karaitism KW - Jewish sects KW - Ten commandments. KW - Bible. KW - Commandments, Ten KW - Decalogue KW - Karaites. KW - Hadassi, Judah ben Elijah KW - Hadassi, Judah ben Elijah, KW - הדסי, יהודה בן אליהו, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:73274548 AB - "Judah Hadassi was the most prominent Karaite Jewish author of twelfth-century Byzantium, steeped in Karaite and Byzantine Greek traditions. In Theological Encounters at a Crossroads: An Edition and Translation of Judah Hadassi's Eshkol ha-kofer, First Commandment, and Studies of the Book's Judaeo-Arabic and Byzantine Contexts, a scientific edition of the first quarter of the Hebrew text of Hadassi's magnum opus is presented with an English translation, a summary of his theology, a discussion of his use of the Greek language, and a linguistic analysis and transcription of all the Greek terms which appear in Hebrew letters in the entire treatise. This book should be of interest to students of Jewish thought, Hebrew literature and medieval Byzantine culture and language"-- ER -