Between the Lines: Author Conversations from the Library of JTS

Between the Lines: Author Conversations from the Library of JTS


The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben Eli on the Book of Proverbs

May 09, 2017

Ilana Sasson, instructor at Sacred Heart University and JTS alumna, discusses her new critical edition of a key Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Proverbs. Working in the 10th century, Yefet ben Eli ha-Levi's commentary attests to his rationalistic and revisionist ideology and egalitarian approach.