The Eleventh Century · c. 1080
Understanding Qohelet: Ibn Ghayyat's Introduction to Ecclesiastes
Rabbi Yiṣḥaq ibn Ghayyat · trans. Zvi Karon
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About This Edition
- Hebrew and English
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“Everything is vapour.” So why read it?
Rabbi Yiṣḥaq ibn Ghayyat, head of the great Andalusian academy at Lucena, explains how to read the Bible’s most puzzling book in under 100 pages.
This edition presents a new English translation of Ibn Ghayyat’s Introduction to Ecclesiastes from the Judaeo-Arabic, beside Rabbi Yosef Qafiḥ’s Hebrew translation and comments.
About the Author
Rabbi Yiṣḥaq ibn Ghayyat (1038–1089) headed the great academy at Lucena, the leading centre of Torah learning in Andalusia. A celebrated liturgical poet and halakhic authority, he also wrote Judaeo-Arabic commentaries on the Bible, of which his introduction to Qohelet is presented here in English for the first time.
What Will I Gain from This Book?
A clear way into Qohelet. You will see why a book that calls everything vapour belongs in the Bible, and how to read its hard sayings as guidance for a life well lived.
