Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Dedication / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Preface / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- General Introduction / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Description of Manuscripts and Editing Principles / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Introduction to the English Translation / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Judah Hadassi's Eshkol ha-kofer, Preliminary Acrostics and Alphabets 1-100-Hebrew Edition and English Translation / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Judah Hadassi and the Greek Language in Twelfth-Century Constantinople and Glossary of Greek Terms in Eshkol ha-kofer / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Daniel J. Lasker , Johannes Niehoff-Panagiotidis and David Sklare.

Judah Hadassi was the most prominent Karaite Jewish author of twelfth-century Byzantium, steeped in Karaite and Byzantine Greek traditions. In Theological Encounters at a Crossroads: An Edition and Translation of Judah Hadassi's Eshkol ha-kofer, First Commandment, and Studies of the Book's Judaeo-Arabic and Byzantine Contexts , a scientific edition of the first quarter of the Hebrew text of Hadassi's magnum opus is presented with an English translation, a summary of his theology, a discussion of his use of the Greek language, and a linguistic analysis and transcription of all the Greek terms which appear in Hebrew letters in the entire treatise. This book should be of interest to students of Jewish thought, Hebrew literature and medieval Byzantine culture and language.