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Karaism

2018
The Karaites (qara’im, or benei miqra) take their name from the Hebrew word for Scripture. The sect’s scripturalism originated in its rejection of the ‘Oral Law’ embodied in rabbinic literature. Like earlier scripturalist groups – notably the Sadducees – Karaites sought to derive their practices directly from the biblical text. While Karaism is usually
B. D. Walfish, M. Kizilov
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Karaism

2021
Karaite Judaism emerged in the ninth century in the Islamic Middle East as an alternative to the rabbinic Judaism of the Jewish majority. Karaites reject the underlying assumption of rabbinic Judaism, namely, that Jewish practice is to be based on two divinely revealed Torahs, a written one, embodied in the Five Books of Moses, and an oral one ...
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The Future of Karaism

2022
This chapter reflects on the future of Karaism. It is clear from the descriptions of Karaite history, beliefs, practices, and intellectual accomplishments that Karaite Jews have shown great tenacity over the years in maintaining their identity as a separate Jewish group.
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Chapter Three. The Modern Study Of Karaism

2011
This chapter briefly talks about the modern study of Karaism, which began in the early modern period, when Karaites first caught the attention of Protestant Christian Hebraists and missionaries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Keywords:early modern period; Karaism; missionaries; Protestant Christian ...
B. D. Walfish, M. Kizilov
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Karaism and Christian Hebraism: A New Document*

Renaissance Quarterly, 2006
In September 1641 Joannes Stephanus Rittangel sent a Hebrew letter to John Selden, the prominent English jurist and Christian Hebraist, soliciting Selden’s assistance in publishing Karaite manuscripts. The letter’s publication here contributes both to our knowledge of the activities of Rittangel — expert in Karaism and Professor Extraordinary of ...
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Chapter One. Introduction To The Study And The History Of Karaism

2009
This is the introductory chapter of this book, which attempts to summarize the main tendencies in the history of the Karaite community in Galicia and elsewhere in the world in order to show why the study of this unique ethnic group is important for a better understanding of the history of Eastern Europe, its religious and linguistic minorities, and ...
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