Abstract
Yefet ben ?Eli, one of the most prolific Karaite exegetes, attacks his opponents, the Rabbanites, in his commentary on the Book of Zechariah. Yefet interprets the thief in Chapter 5 as the people who omit words from the Sacred Text or pervert its meaning. He further maintains that the ephah and the talent of lead in the same chapter represent respectively the Mishnah, the Talmud and the Aggadot. In Chapter 11, Yefet denounces the leaders who invalidated the tradition after the decease of the prophets. The Karaite Yefet ben ?Eli interprets the visions of the prophet Zechariah as events that have taken place in the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita, where doctrines invented by men were introduced and imposed upon the people, thus causing a break with authentic Judaism. Keywords:Aggadot; Judaism; Karaite exegetes; Mishnah; Rabbanites; Talmud; Yefet ben ʿEli; Zechariah
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