Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa)

Michael G. Wechsler, Ph.D. (2006), University of Chicago, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. He has published several volumes and articles on Semitic Bible translation and Judaeo-Arabic exegesis, including Strangers in the Land: The Judaeo-Arabic Exegesis of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi on the Books of Ruth and Esther (2010), The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Esther (2006), and Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum (2005).

• Acknowledgments Transliteration TablesIntroductionOverview Methods and Themes in Saadia’s Exegesis of Esther 1 The Methodological Framework: Balancing Reason and Tradition2 Interaction with Rabbinic Tradition 3 Polemics 4 Exploring the Exigence of Dissimulation Publication History Written Witnesses Employed for the Present Edition 1 Primary Witnesses to Saadia’s Commentary on Esther 2 Secondary Witnesses to Saadia’s Commentary on Esther:Judaeo-Arabic Reworkings, Précis, and Citations by Later Medieval Writers Editorial Method 1 The Basic Text 2 The Apparatuses Some Methodological Remarks on the Annotated English Translation Signs, Sigla, and Abbreviations TranslationThe Title and the Introduction 1 The First Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-ūlā) 2 The Second Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-thāniya) 3 The Third Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-thālitha)4 The Fourth Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-rābiʿa) 5 The Fifth Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-khāmisa)6 The Sixth Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-sādisa)7 The Seventh Section (al-Qiṣṣat al-sābiʿa) Appendix, Bibliographical Abbreviations, Indices, and PlatesAppendix: Secondary Judaeo-Arabic Witnesses to Saadia’s Commentary on Esther: Edited Texts of the Reworkings and Précis 1 An Anonymous Condensed Reworking of Kitāb al-īnās2 A Condensed Reworking of Kitāb al-īnās, Encompassing the Commentary on 1:1–11 and the Introduction, in the Commentary of Isaac Gaon ben Israel on Pārāshat Tĕrūmā (Exod 25:1–27:19) 3 An Anonymous Précis of Saadia’s Comment on Esther 3:1–4 4 An Anonymous Abridged Reworking of Saadia’s Comment on Esther 1:1Bibliographical Abbreviations 1 Libraries, Institutes, Organizations, and Manuscript Collections 2 Books, Articles, and Works in Manuscript Indices Manuscripts Scriptural References 1 Hebrew Bible 2 Qurʾān Rabbinic Literature Medieval Authors and Works General Index PlatesThe Edited TextEditorial Introduction (Abridged) The Judaeo-Arabic Text of Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa