'Many Days without the God of Truth': Loss and Recovery of Religious Knowledge in Early Karaite Thought

Full title
'Many Days without the God of Truth': Loss and Recovery of Religious Knowledge in Early Karaite Thought
Research notes

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Reference type
Book section
Author(s)
Krakowski, Eve
Editor(s)
Kraemer, Joel L.
Wechsler, Michael G.
Year
2012
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Pesher Nahum: Texts and Studies in Jewish History and Literature from Antiquity through the Middle Ages Presented to Norman (Nahum) Golb
Issue / Series Volume
66
Series Title
Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization
Publisher
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Place of Publication
Chicago
Pages
121-140
Related keywords
Karaites
Attitudes towards the Bible
Torah
Ezra (Biblical Figure)
Josiah
Mysteries / Raz
Sectarian & Non-Sectarian Writings
Teacher of Righteousness / מורה הצדק / יורה הצדק
Rabbinic Literature
Label
02/04/2012
URL
http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/saoc66.pdf
Abstract

Eve Krakowski considers the Karaite view of the history of the biblical text and the relevance of this view to their own collective self-conception, including a critical reassessment of the view that the Karaites were influenced by certain Dead Sea Scroll texts.