Notes on R. Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Torah, Part I - Genesis [Hebrew]

by Joshua Blau

The Tafsir - the translation of the Torah into Arabic by Saadya Gaon, the dominant figure in shaping Judaeo-Arabic culture in the Middle Ages - is one of the most important works to have been produced by that glorious culture. Saadya's translation is a freer one than any other with which we are familiar. He diverges quite frequently from a literal rendering of the text, expressing a great many innovative and original hermeneutic notions. The present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN: 9652082260
• ISBN13: 9789652082268
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.4"