Solomon Ben Yeruham
Salman (Solomon) ben Yeruham (or ( Hebrew : ) is a Sage Karaite of the tenth century. Salman bin Yeruham was born in Baghdad around 900 or 910. According to sources Karaites , he went still young in Egypt , then a world center of Karaism, where he studied with Moshe ben Abraham Alfasi HaMedaqdeq (the Grammarian). The introduction to Parshat Yitro he reads on the occasion of his hatan Torah before the congregation demonstrates an excellent command of Hebrew and its grammar , together with some skill in the fields of biblical exegesis of the Mishnah and Talmud. According to a Karaite tradition, Salman, known as a master, would have had many disciples, among whom some Saeed al-Pithom, future Saadia Gaon. However, according to another tradition, probably Rabbanite, Salman was one of theirs, passed Karaism result of his turbulent relationship with Saadia, and both versions are probably legendary, indicating at most strong antagonism between these two champions their doctrines . Indeed, besides a zeal to propagate its doctrine common to all its predecessors, Salman is, unlike them, a large aggressive towards his opponents, and Saadia in particular. For Alexander Marx , Salman would indeed be the "unjust enemy" (mutaamil hayyum) Saadia refutes that, and perhaps also the author of the book of shameful things, which Saadia also responded Based in Jerusalem , then an important center of Karaism Salman bin Yeruham goes specifically to Babylon with the death of his rival, accompanied by Sahl bin Matzliah to engage in a powerful missionary campaign . Best-known work of Salman, the Milhamot Adonai, (not to be confused with the homonymous book Gersonides and Avraham ben haRambam ) is written in verse and divided into 19 chapters, each containing 22 stanzas of four lines. Salman will attack violently Rabbinites in general, and Saadia particularly forcefully disparaging epithets. Several manuscripts are in various European libraries. Salman also mentions a Katabi al-Rudd 'ala al-Fayyum ("Book of Refutation of Fayyoumite"), which was probably a translation into Arabic of the book, now defunct. Bible commentaries of Salman, which were written in Arabic , only one of Lamentations , which was completed in 955 or 956, was published , and most others remain in manuscript form: Salman also quotes his comments on the Book of Daniel , the Book of Job , and Proverbs that no longer exist. It also promises to write a commentary on the Pentateuch , which has probably never been realized. The spirit of intolerance which the author had shown in his Milhamot, is also reflected in comments from the Bible. He attacks elsewhere, in his commentary on the Psalms , to foreign nations. Furthermore, in stark contrast with his rival, as well as many contemporary Karaites, disenchanted at the same time the study of secular subjects, cautioning against the Karaites the study of foreign languages and even more of philosophical works. Theories of Euclid and Ptolemy were in his eyes, contrary to the lessons of the Act. Salman has also translated into Arabic and commented prayers Karaites (St. Petersburg Collection Firkovich , No. 638), and composed ibbour, a work probably liturgical character. This article incorporates text from the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906, article "BEN SOLOMON Jeroham" by Kaufmann Kohler & Isaac Broyd , a publication now in the public domain.
Biblical exegete, poet and polemicist, he is considered one of the most eminent authorities in that scripturalist Jewish movement, as opposed to rabbinic Judaism traditional, and was nicknamed "the Sage" (haHakham) by his peers. It is mentioned just after Benjamin Nahawendi in prayer for the repose of the souls of deceased masters Karaites Biographical Elements Works
Milhamot Adonai
After trying to show the futility of oral tradition , he refutes the seven arguments in favor of it by Saadia in his introduction to his commentary on the Pentateuch. He then criticizes the views of Saadia on the Hebrew calendar , the laws concerning incest, the celebration of the second day of celebration, etc.., and accuses him in the harshest terms for having, in his polemic against the Karaites , worn arguments in direct contradiction with the teachings of the Mishna and Talmud , and he was therefore aware that they were false.
The Milhamot Adonai was partly published by Pinsker , Geiger , and Kirchheim , and translated into English by Leon Nemoy, Karaite Anthology in her. Biblical commentaries
However, it also exposes Salman, in his gloss on "Roses" (Psalms 69:1), his account of the origins of the Karaite movement outside of any polemical context. The process would have happened in four stages: the first is the coming of Anan ben David, who has campaigned for the Jews returning to the study of the "Torah of God" (that is to say, the written Torah ); the next al-Nahawendi Benjamin, whose fundamentalism is more powerful than that of Anan, followed by the Karaites themselves, which emigrate from all sides to Jerusalem during the fourth stage, the Karaites settled in Jerusalem have prospered, and they come from "roses," that is to say, the spiritual leaders of the Karaites that shape the Karaite Law, among them Salman is likely to account . Other
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