Prof. Miriam Goldstein is Professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she received her Ph.D. A specialist in medieval Judeo-Arabic texts, Goldstein focuses on interreligious relations in the medieval Arabic-speaking world as well as Judeo-Arabic Bible exegesis. Goldstein is author of A Judeo-Arabic Parody of the Life of Jesus: The Toledot Yeshu Helene Narrative (2023) and Karaite Exegesis in Medieval Jerusalem (2011), and is co-editor of Beyond Religious Borders: Interaction and Intellectual Exchange in the Medieval Islamic World (2011) and Authorship in Mediaeval Arabic and Persian Literatures (2019). She is currently completing a critical edition and translation of the Judeo-Arabic Genesis commentary of the tenth-century Karaite scholar Ya‘qub al-Qirqisani, and leads the project “Parodies on the Life of Jesus in Yemen: Towards the Origins and Development of the Toledot Yeshu Literature” (Israel Science Foundation 2063/22).
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God promises Abram that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars of the sky, assumed to be uncountable. In 10th century Baghdad, scholars were well-versed in Ptolemy’s Greek astronomy, including his official limited count of stars. This challenged the Karaite Jewish exegete Ya‘qub al-Qirqisani to reinterpret the meaning of God’s promise.
God promises Abram that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars of the sky, assumed to be uncountable. In 10th century Baghdad, scholars were well-versed in Ptolemy’s Greek astronomy, including his official limited count of stars. This challenged the Karaite Jewish exegete Ya‘qub al-Qirqisani to reinterpret the meaning of God’s promise.
