Free Download Jessica Andruss, "Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem: The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruhim "
English | ISBN: 0197639550 | 2023 | 440 pages | PDF | 6 MB
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.