Shabbatai Donnolo's Sefer Ḥakhmoni (Studies in Jewish History and Culture)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Transliterations and Abbreviations......Page 12
PART ONE......Page 14
Apulian Jewry......Page 16
Shabbatai Donnolo: Biographical Details......Page 25
Shabbatai Donnolo\'sWorks......Page 35
Donnolo\'s \"Library\"......Page 48
Shabbatai Donnolo and Sefer Yeṣirah......Page 54
Sa‘adiah Gaon......Page 60
Dunash ibn Tamim......Page 63
Donnolo\'s Sefer Ḥakhmoni: A Neoplatonic Interpretation of Sefer Yeṣirah......Page 70
The Commentary on Genesis 1:26\n......Page 71
The Introduction to the Commentary on Sefer Yeṣirah......Page 77
The Commentary on Sefer Yeṣirah......Page 79
PART TWO......Page 90
The Manuscripts......Page 92
Conjectural Reconstruction of the Original Codex......Page 97
The Attestation of the Text in the Manuscripts......Page 115
The Manuscript Tradition......Page 118
Stemma Codicum......Page 136
PART THREE......Page 138
Abbreviations and Preliminary Notes......Page 140
Normalisation of Orthography......Page 141
The Title......Page 143
Hebrew Text\n......Page 148
Notes to the Critical Text......Page 222
English Translation......Page 232
Commentary on the Book of Formation called Sefer Ḥakhmoni......Page 234
Commentary on Let Us Make Man in Our Image after Our Likeness (Genesis 1:26\n)......Page 262
Introduction to the Commentary on the Book of Formation......Page 292
Book One......Page 298
Book Two......Page 319
Book Three......Page 347
PART FOUR......Page 372
Manuscripts......Page 374
Primary Sources......Page 376
Studies and Reference Works......Page 383
Index of Names......Page 412
Index of Names of Places......Page 422
Index of Books and Works Titles......Page 424