"The War at the Gates" by Shelomo ben Aharon of Poswol
The article presents—using the Karaite work "The War at the Gates" by Shelomo ben Aharon (17th/18th century; a polemic with rabbinic Judaism)—three common issues related to the analysis of Hebrew manuscripts written before the 19th century. These issues include: (1) determining the fundame...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Verbum vitae
Year: 2025, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 495-517 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Handwriting
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B Halacha |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Shelomo ben Aharon
B studies in Karaite literature (Hebrew texts) B Karaitischer Judaismus B Aharon, Shelomo ben B methodological challenges B Karaite religious law (halakha) |
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| Summary: | The article presents—using the Karaite work "The War at the Gates" by Shelomo ben Aharon (17th/18th century; a polemic with rabbinic Judaism)—three common issues related to the analysis of Hebrew manuscripts written before the 19th century. These issues include: (1) determining the fundamental meaning of individual parts of the work; (2) analyzing the argumentative structure of the work’s narrative in relation to its biblical interpretation, which seeks to justify specific religious laws established within the religious community of the tradition/author; (3) verifying certain commonly accepted scholarly assumptions. I demonstrate how I addressed these challenges while working on the aforementioned treatise and attempt to draw generalized, practical conclusions. |
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| ISSN: | 2451-280X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum vitae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.31743/vv.17720 |