Karaite Judaism and Historical Understanding

by Fred Astren

Notions of history and the past contained in literature of the Karaite Jewish sect offer in­sight into the relationship of Karaism to mainstream rabbinic Judaism and to Islam and Christianity. Karaite Juda­ism and Histori­cal Understanding describes how a minority sectarian religious community constructs and uses historical ideology. It investigates the proportioning of historical ideology to law and doctrine and the influence of historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570035180
• ISBN13: 9781570035180
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"