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ISBN-10 : 0197639550
ISBN-13 : 9780197639573
Author : Jessica Andruss
The emergence of the Jewish Bible commentary in the tenth century marks a turning point in Jewish intellectual history, namely, the transition from ancient rabbinic culture to the Arabized Judaism of the medieval period. This book explores a formative moment in this cultural reorientation by analyzing one of the earliest Jewish Bible commentaries. Written in Arabic in tenth-century Jerusalem, Salmon ben Yeruhim’s commentary on Lamentations reveals a nuanced negotiation between the rabbinic tradition and the intellectual resources of the Islamic world.Salmon was a prominent figure among the Karaites, a Jewish movement defined by its commitments to biblical scholarship and penitential practices. For him, Lamentations is “instruction for Israel”–spiritual guidance for the Jewish community in exile–and his task is to communicate that instruction. Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem explores the medieval Arabic dimensions of Salmon’s project, tracing his engagement with the nascent fields of Arabic literary theory, historiography, and homiletics. The central argument of the book is that Salmon articulates a Jewish pietistic message through emergent Arabic-Islamic genres, transforming them to reflect his own religious and exegetical commitments. In this way, Salmon applies Arabic learning to the Bible at the same time that his understanding of the biblical text expands the Arabic intellectual tradition. The book advances these claims through six analytical chapters and an annotated English translation of the homilies and excursuses of Salmon’s commentary.
Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem: The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruhim (AAR Religion in Translation) 1st Table of contents:
Part 1: Studies
1. Lamentations and the Mourners for Zion
The Mourners for Zion: The Karaite “Return” to Jerusalem
Biblical Scholarship in the Threefold Mandate to Return
Scholars of the Karaite Community in Jerusalem
2. The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yerūḥīm
Salmon b. Yerūḥīm and His Commentary on Lamentations
Structure of the Commentary
Programmatic Introduction (Ṣadr or Muqaddima)
The Translation of Lamentations
Translation and Figurative Imagery
Linguistic Principles to Justify a Translation Choice
The Verse Comments
Biblical Citations from Outside Lamentations
Citations from Other Scholars
Actualizing Interpretations
The Refrain
Consolations (Neḥamot)
3. Salmon’s Engagement with Rabbinic Sources
Rabbinic Knowledge Among Salmon and the Jerusalem Karaites
Explicit Citation of Rabbinic Sources, Including the Targum
Using Midrash in Contextual Exegesis: The Transfer of the Divine Glory in Lamentations 1:6
Rabbinic Hermeneutics: The Ten Commandments and Requital in Kind in Lamentations 1:8
Rabbinic Mourning Practices and the Jerusalem Karaites in Lamentations 1:8
4. Salmon’s Approach to Figurative Language
Salmon’s Arabic Terminology for Figurative Language
Figurative Language (Majāz) and Metaphor (Istiʿāra)
The True Sense (Ḥaqīqa)
Likening, Analogy, or Extended Metaphor (Tamthīl)
Mathal and Mashal: Interpreting a Biblical Parable (The Pot of Ezekiel 11 and 24)
Conclusions
5. The Art of the Homily
Salmon’s Homiletical-Exegetical Project
The Homiletical Voice in Jewish Literature
Oratory (Khuṭba) and Pious Counsel (Waʿẓ) in Arabic-Islamic Contexts
The Edifying Narrative (Qiṣṣa)
Admonition and Emotional Response: Fear and Grief
Orality and the Karaite Homily
Exhortation as a Religious Obligation
6. The Hermeneutics of Historical Reflection
Salmon’s Historical Thought in the Context of Lamentations
The Historical-Contextual Method
The Historical-Theological Reading
Salmon’s Historical-Homiletical Method: Iʿtibār
Oholah and Oholibah: A Parable of Historical Reflection
The Tabernacle at Shiloh: Analogy with the Past
The Sins of the Fathers: Iʿtibār and the Purpose of Scripture
Mourning for Zion: Iʿtibār and the Foundations of Karaite Ritual
Conclusions
Conclusion
Part 2: Selected Translations from the Commentary
Invocation
Introduction to the Lamentations Commentary
Mourning as a Religious Obligation
The Sufferings of Israel and the Sufferings of Job
Jeremiah as the Prophet of Lamentations
Seven Meanings of Lamentations
The Structure of Lamentations and Its Significance
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