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Joseph ben Noah ha-Baṣri (Abu Ya'ḵub Yusuf Ibn Nuḧ)

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Karaite scholar of the eighth and ninth centuries brother of Nissim ben Noah. He translated the Pentateuch into Arabic, with a commentary, an abridgment ("talkhiṣ") of which was made by Abu al-Faraj Harun, and excerpts from which, on Numbers and Deuteronomy are given by 'Ali ben Sulaiman in his Pentateuch commentary. Hadassi says that Joseph recognized only two canons for religious law: Scripture () and harmony in the totality () of the laws and that he rejected logical deduction ( "Eshkol ha-Kofer," § 168).

Luzki confounded Joseph ben Noah with Joseph al-Ḳirḳisani, and attributed to the former the "Sefer ha-Ma'or," which really belonged to the latter ("Dod Mordekai," p. 11b).

Bibliography : Pinsker, Liḳḳuṭe Kadmoniyyot , 1:25, 2:73 Fürst, Gesch. des Karäert , 1:119 Gottlober, Biḳḳoret le-Toledot ha-Ḳeraim , p. 177 Frankel, in Ersch and Gruber, Encyc. section ii., part xxxiii., p. 15 Harkavy, in Stade's Zeitschrift , 1881, p. 158 Poznanski, in R. E. J. 33:215 Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers , p. 450 idem, Die Arabische Literatur der Juden , § 38.K. I. Br.

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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joseph ben Noah ha-Baṣri (Abu Ya'ḵub Yusuf Ibn Nuḧ)'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joseph-ben-noah-ha-baa1psri-abu-yaauub-yusuf-ibn-nuass.html. 1901.

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Bible Encyclopedias Joseph ben Noah ha-Baṣri (Abu Ya'ḵub Yusuf Ibn Nuḧ)

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Bible Encyclopedias
Joseph ben Noah ha-Baṣri (Abu Ya'ḵub Yusuf Ibn Nuḧ)