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Karaites or Caraites (both: kâr`əīts), Jewish schismatic sect, reputedly founded (8th cent.) in Persia by Anan ben David Anan ben David (änän`), fl. 8th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. and originally known as Ananites. Its adherents were called Karaites after the 9th cent. The Karaites attacked the Talmudic interpretation of the Bible, rejecting the oral law and interpreting the Bible literally, and they developed their own commentaries, which were in many respects more rigorous and ascetic than the Talmudic interpretations. In the 10th cent. they produced a splendid literature in both Arabic and Hebrew. The sect declined after the 12th cent., but remnants are still extant, notably in the Crimea and Israel. BibliographySee Karaite Anthology (ed. and tr. by L. Nemoy, 1952), Z. Ankori, Karaites in Byzantium: The Formative Years, 970–1100 (1957, repr. 1968); P. Birnbaum, ed., Karaite Studies (1971). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After situating rabbinic law as a mean between the extremes, Karaite strict construction of the written Torah and Christian deviation from it, the writer challenges the authority of the rabbis and the procedures by which they extended biblical law. Schiffman compares "from day to day" in CD 9:6 and "that very day" in 1QS 5:26 with tannaitic and Karaite law about time limitations for annulling the wife's vow, which requires it be done before sunset [cf. If we believe the testimony of Salman ben Yeruham, A Karaite Jewish author, writing about A. |
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