Bibliography

Primary Sources

Halevi Judah, Kitiab al-Khazari:

(1968) Annotated edition of Judah ibn Tibbon’s Hebrew translation, ed. Zifroni A. Jerusalem

(1972) Hebrew trans. Even-Shmuel Y. Tel Aviv

(1977) Judeo-Arabic text, ed. Baneth DZ, Ben-Shammai H. Jerusalem (1997) Judeo-Arabic text, Hebrew trans. Ibn Tibbon J, ed. Hirschfeld H.

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(1991) Judeo-Arabic text and Hebrew trans. Kafih Y. Kiriat Ono English

To date, the only complete English translation of the Kuzari is that of Hirschfeld H (1906; repr. 1945), although a new translation, begun by Lawrence Berman and completed by Barry Kogan, is forthcoming (Yale University Press). An abridged translation by Heinemann I (1947) was published in Three Jewish Philosophers. Translations of some of Halevi’s poems were published by Salaman N (1924) Goldstein D (1965), Carmi T (1981), Levin G (2002). Franz Rosenzweig’s commentary, Ninety-Two Poems and Hymns of Yehuda Halevi is now available in English (Cohen R (ed); Kovach T (trans), Jospe E, Schmidt GG, 2000)

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Studies

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