Rabbanite Views and Rabbinic Literature in Judeo-Persian Karaite Exegesis
This article discusses the outlook of Judeo-Persian Karaite authors on Rabbanite law and rabbinic literature based on an exegetical corpus written in Early Judeo-Persian from the eleventh century, which mostly remains in manuscript form. A close examination of this corpus demonstrates the authors’ c...
| Published in: | Entangled Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2022
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Entangled Religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran (Antiquity)
/ Karaites
/ Criticism
/ Rabbinic literature
/ Interpretation of
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism HB Old Testament KBL Near East and North Africa NAB Fundamental theology TG High Middle Ages |
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Early Judeo-Persian
B Calendar B Rabbanites B Karaites B Polemics B Bible exegesis B Judeo-Arabic |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the outlook of Judeo-Persian Karaite authors on Rabbanite law and rabbinic literature based on an exegetical corpus written in Early Judeo-Persian from the eleventh century, which mostly remains in manuscript form. A close examination of this corpus demonstrates the authors’ complex attitude towards their contemporary Rabbanites and early Jewish literature. By relying on the teachings of the Karaite community of Jerusalem (the "Mourners of Zion"), the corpus’ authors criticize certain Rabbanite views and concepts, while still accepting other parts of the rabbinic tradition which did not challenge their ideology. In so doing, the authors establish themselves as part of the Karaite exegetical tradition, and, more broadly, of the Jewish intellectual world. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.13.2022.9871 |