A Commentary on the Book of Daniel
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A Commentary on the Book of Daniel by D S Margoliouth
This translation of an Arabic commentary by Jephet ibn Ali (fl. late tenth century) was first published in 1889. Based on ten manuscripts, the text was carefully edited and rendered into English by David Samuel Margoliouth (1858–1940), Laudian Professor of Arabic at Oxford. Jephet was a leading Karaite scholar who wrote a number of biblical commentaries in his native Arabic. This was one of his mature works and perhaps the best example of his critical and exegetical powers. Based on the historical allusions in the commentary, Margoliouth estimated that it was composed between 990 and 1010. The work includes the Arabic text, with critical apparatus and a useful glossary of key words. Fiercely polemical against Islam, Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, the commentary has greatly contributed to our understanding of tenth-century religious controversies. It remains an important work of Karaite literature.
Abu Ali al-Muhassin ibn Ali al-Tanukhi, known as al-Tanukhi (939-94), was a tenth century judge and litterateur. Born in Basra, the intellectual capital of the Arab world at that time, he came from an influential family of landowners and judges. The Table Talk of a Mesoptamian Judge is the translation of one of his two great surviving works: Nishwar al-Muhadara wa-Akhbar al-Mudhakara (Cream of Coversation and Reminiscences).Robert Irwin taught Medieval History at the University of St Andrews and has lectured on Arabic and Middle Eastern History at the universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford. He is Middle East Editor for the Times Literary Supplement. His books include Mamluks and Crusaders (2010) and For Lust of Knowing: the Orientalists and their Enemies (2006). He is editor of The New Cambridge History of Islam Vol.4: Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century (2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108062442 |
| ISBN 10 | 110806244X |
| Title | A Commentary on the Book of Daniel |
| Author | D S Margoliouth |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Biblical Studies |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2013-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
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