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Preliminaries

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Contents

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Acknowledgments

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Note on Transcription, Dates, and Citation

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Manuscript Collections

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INTRODUCTION - Shāhīn and His Versification of Hebrew Biblical Narratives - Biography - Works - Shāhīn’s Working Patterns: General Observations

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CHAPTER 1 - The Biblical Account of Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) and Some of Its Exegetical Trajectories - The Biblical Account - Some Interpretive Paths and Exegetical Solutions before Shāhīn’s Time

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CHAPTER 2 - The Judah–Tamar Account in Islamic Sources and Its Polemical Charge

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CHAPTER 3 - Scholarly Edition, Annotated Translation, and Persian Transliteration - Notes on the Manuscripts, Edition, Translation, and Persian Transliteration - Scholarly Edition - Annotated English Translation - Transliteration in Perso-Arabic Script

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CHAPTER 4 - Shāhīn’s Version of Genesis 38: Unraveling Interpretive Choices and Affinities - Act I: Judah Establishes His Household (Genesis 38:1–12a) - Act II: Judah’s Fateful Encounter with Tamar (Genesis 38:12–23) - Act III: The Climax — Truth Revealed (Genesis 38:24–26) - Act IV: Birth of the Twins (Genesis 38:27–30) - The Motif of Judah’s Drunkenness and Its Twofold Function in Shāhīn’s Narrative

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CONCLUSIONS - Shāhīn Vis-à-Vis Jewish Exegetical Tradition on Genesis 38

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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PLATES

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