Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Character of David in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Warrior, Poet, Prophet and King
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 209-238
Keywords:
Saʻadia ben Joseph,
;
David, In rabbinical literature
;
Bible. Commentaries
;
History and criticism
Abstract:
The paper analyzes Saʿadya’s Commentary on Psalms against the backdrop of similar commentaries produced by Christian (in Syriac) and Karaite (in Arabic) exegetes. It argues that in an attempt to stress the unity of the book of Psalms and its prophetic nature, the Gaon selectively adopted some concepts from the Syriac commentaries. It demonstrates that he modeled his introduction to the commentary on the introductions of two Syriac commentators and that he adopted the Syriac Nestorian idea that David wrote all the Psalms, but rejected some of the Nestorian interpretative approaches, such as a general disregard for the Psalms’ headings.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004465978_011
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