Contents

pp.：  9 – 10

Acknowledgements

pp.：  11 – 12

List of Abbreviations

pp.：  13 – 13

Transliteration of Arabic

pp.：  14 – 15

Transliteration of Hebrew

pp.：  16 – 16

Introduction

pp.：  17 – 26

Chapter One Karaite Liturgy and Poetry

pp.：  27 – 42

1.1 Karaite Prayer and Liturgy

pp.：  27 – 29

1.2 Karaite Liturgical Poetry before Aaron ben Joseph

pp.：  30 – 32

1.3 Moses Dar'ī’s Poems and the Pentateuch Portions

pp.：  33 – 42

Chapter Two Language, Rhetoric, Prosody

pp.：  43 – 70

2.1 Hebrew Language, Style, and Rhetoric

pp.：  43 – 47

2.2 Poetic Personae

pp.：  48 – 56

2.2.1 God as Speaker

pp.：  49 – 52

2.2.2 People of Israel

pp.：  53 – 53

2.2.3 Poet-Precentor

pp.：  54 – 56

2.3 Prosodic Features, Poetic Forms, Name Acrostics

pp.：  57 – 59

2.4 Wazn Indications: Judah ha-Levi as Poetic Role-Model?

pp.：  60 – 70

Chapter Three Thematic Elements

pp.：  71 – 100

3.1 Praise of God

pp.：  71 – 73

3.2 The Holiness of the Sabbath Day

pp.：  74 – 76

3.3 The Covenant and the People of Israel

pp.：  77 – 78

3.4 Moses, Mount Sinai, and the Giving of the Torah

pp.：  79 – 79

3.5 Destruction and Rebuilding of Jerusalem and Temple

pp.：  80 – 82

3.6 Suffering of Israel in Exile

pp.：  83 – 86

3.7 The Others: Christians and Muslims

pp.：  87 – 90

3.8 Penitential Themes

pp.：  91 – 93

3.9 Longing for the Realization of Deliverance

pp.：  94 – 100

Chapter Four Edition

pp.：  101 – 296

4.1 Genesis

pp.：  102 – 167

4.2 Exodus

pp.：  168 – 199

4.3 Leviticus

pp.：  200 – 224

4.4 Numbers

pp.：  225 – 264

4.5 Deuteronomy

pp.：  265 – 296

Conclusion

pp.：  297 – 304

Alphabetical List of Poems Nos. 1–96

pp.：  305 – 308

Alphabetical List of Biblical Names

pp.：  309 – 310

Variant Readings: To Leon Weinberger, Jewish Poet in Muslim Egypt: Moses Dar'ī’s Hebrew Collection

pp.：  311 – 322

Bibliography

pp.：  323 – 330

Index of Names and Subjects

pp.：  331 – 334

Plates

pp.：  335 – 340