Footnote 2 – Tracking the Shapira Case: A Biblical Scandal Revisited

“Karaite” refers to a sect within Judaism, founded in the eighth century C.E., that rejected the authority of the Talmud. Karaite Jews placed the Bible above all other Jewish works and developed their own interpretations, laws and practices based on their understanding of the Bible. Over the intervening centuries, they created their own texts, liturgies, synagogues and communities.