Karaism

In 1935, a young orphan, herself a Jew, goes to work for the Jewish family of Professor Mitwisser, the scholar of Karaism.

Five Books of the ’oughts 2009

In 1935, a young orphan, herself a Jew, goes to work for the Jewish family of Professor Mitwisser, the scholar of Karaism.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

While the movement was first established in Iraq and Persia, some followers of Karaism migrated towards the Mediterranean by the end of the ninth century.

Karaite Women. 2009

Medieval Karaism was and saw itself as an integral part of Judaism, and such marriages did not entail any form of “conversion” of any of the parties.

Karaite Women. 2009

Often defined as a separatist “sect,” Karaism in fact originated as a distinctive religious and intellectual movement inside Judaism itself.

Karaite Women. 2009

"The scholar of Karaism" at that time I had no idea what that meant, or why it should be "the" instead of "a," or who Rudolf Mitwisser was.

Excerpt: Heir To The Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick 2004

In 1935, when I was just eighteen, I entered the household of Rudolf Mitwisser, the scholar of Karaism.

Excerpt: Heir To The Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick 2004

Karaism was only a sect and never showed after the days of Saadia anything like the life and enthusiastic activity of the great body of Rabbanite Judaism, which formed the great majority of the Jewish people.

A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907

As Saadia's emphasis on tradition, apart from its intrinsic importance for Judaism, has its additional motive in refuting Karaism, so the following discussion against the possibility of the Law being abrogated is directed no doubt against the claims of the two sister religions,

A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907

The weakness of its positive principles hindered the spread of Karaism, keeping it forever within the narrow limits of a sect and consigning it to stagnation.

Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history 1900