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This volume describes the life and works of Samuel ben ḥofni Gaon of Baghdad and the dynamics of tenth-century Jewish culture. Included are the Judeo-Arabic texts and annotated translations of his Treatise on the Commandments and Ten Questions. Winner of the Ben-Zvi prize 1998.
Winner of the Ben-Zvi prize 1998. 'David Sklare has painted an arresting portrait of Samuel ben ḥofni and his cultural world; both subject and treatment should compel the attention of a wide scholarly audience.' Daniel Frank, The Jewish Quarterly Review, 2001.
David E. Sklare, Ph.D. (1992) in Post-Biblical Jewish History and Hebrew Literature, Harvard University, is Senior Researcher of the Center for the Study of Judeo-Arabic Culture of the Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem.