History of the Karaite Jews (Classic Reprint)

The book now presented toE nglish readers is the first vohime in our language that has been entirely devoted to the history of Karaite Jews. Writers on Jewish history have usually given a chapter, an appendix, or a few common-place unstudied sentences to this branch of their subject. The subject in itself was deemed interesting, but so scant and imperfect were the materials that it was impossible to treat it satisfactorily. Two hundred years ago, James Trigland, a learned Dutch theologian, advanced far beyond his predecessors in the study of Karaism. His industry was rewarded by valuable contributions from intelligent Karaites, and two or three other scholars followed his example. Their works or materials collected for further study are contained in the Thesaurus of Sacred Oriental A ntiquities, which consists of works on Hebrew and Jewish subjects, brought together by Blasius Ugolinus in thirty-four sumptuous folio volumes, but sealed from the sight of all who cannot or will not break through theL atin and Hebrew swathings that cover those precious remains from the hard-wrought servants of the Press in these busy times. Since Trigland stime little has been done to bring Karaism to light until very recently.
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