Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic

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Avishur, Yitzhaq. “Some New Sources for the Study of the Text and Language of Saadya’s Translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic.” In Genizah Research after Ninety Years, the Case of Judaeo-Arabic: Papers Read at the Third Congress of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies, edited by Joshua Blau and Stefan Reif, 5–13. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 47. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

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Abstract

Divides the extant witnesses to Saadia’s JA translation of the Pentateuch into 9 distinct categories. Several examples are cited and compared to the published edition of Derenbourg (1893) https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/P5TZRCRK. On p. 9 the author briefly surveys the importance and relationship of Qaraite Judaeo-Arabic translations of the Pentateuch for establishing the text of Saadiah’s translation.

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Article

Title: Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic

Author: Yitzhaq Avishur

Editor: Joshua Blau

Editor: Stefan Reif

URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/ZTXZYJ96  Link to Biblia Arabica bibliography Bibliographic Record.

Publication

Title: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications

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Place of Publication: Cambridge

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Date of Publication: 1992

Pages: 5-13

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Subject Headings

Deuteronomy  Exodus  Genesis  Leviticus  Numbers  Old Testament  Jewish  Qaraite  Pentateuch  Hebrew  Saadiah Gaon 
 

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Editorial Responsibility:

  • Ronny Vollandt, general editor, Biblia Arabica
  • Ronny Vollandt and Nathan P. Gibson, editors, Biblia Arabica
  • Nathan P. Gibson, entry contributor, “Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic”
  • Adrian Binder, entry contributor, “Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic”
  • Michael Wechsler, entry contributor, “Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic”
  • Ronny Vollandt, entry contributor, “Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic”

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  • Record added to Zotero by Nathan P. Gibson
  • Record edited in Zotero by Adrian Binder
  • Primary editing by Michael Wechsler
  • Primary editing by Ronny Vollandt

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