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  • Front Matter
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • PREFACE
  • Content
  • Saadiah Gaon: The Book of Psalms as a Second Pentateuch
  • I. The Rhetorical Thesis: Commandment and admonition phrased as prayer and petition
  • II. The Polemical Motive: An attack on the Karaite order of prayer and support for the Rabbanite prayerbook
  • III. The Ritual Thesis: The five-fold condition
  • IV. The Exegetical Application: Radical reinterpretation
  • V. Polemic and Truth: To what extent is Saadiah's approach to Psalms anchored in his thought?
  • Notes to Chapter 1.
  • The Karaite Approach: The Psalms as Mandatory Prophetic Prayers
  • I. SaLmon ben Yeruham: The PsaLms as prophetic prayer for aLL ages: Monarchy, Exile, and Redemption
  • II. Yefet ben cAli: The Psalms as prophetic prayers, perfect in form and content
  • Notes to Chapter Two
  • Moses Ibn Giqatilah: The Psalms as Non-prophetic Prayers and Poems
  • Notes to Chapter Three
  • Abraham Ibn Ezra: The Psalms as Prophetic and Sacred Poet
  • I. Abraham Ibn Ezra's two commentaries on Psalm
  • II. Echoes of Ibn Ezra's predecessors in his commentaries on Psalms.
  • III. The prologue to the First Introduction: The musical and thematic superiority of the Psalms as divine songs
  • IV. The First Inquiry: Who wrote the Psalms?
  • V. The Second Inquiry: Who edited the Book of Psalms?
  • VI. The Third Inquiry: Are the Psalms prayers or prophecies?
  • VII. The Fourth Inquiry: Editorial matters-the order ofthe psalms and the terms used in their headings
  • Notes to Chapter Four
  • Back Matter
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • APPENDIX
  • Ibn Ezra's Introduction and Commentary on Psalms 1 -2: The ""First Recension""
  • Notes to Commentary on Psalms 1 and 2
  • Index of Citations.
  • Index
  • Back Cover.