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A Commentary on the Book of Joel by Jefeth ben Ali the Karaite Simon Maurice Lehrman, A Commentary on the Book of Joel by Jefeth ben Ali the Karaite (London, 1927)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/GZ3LDCC2

The Lexical Element in David Alfasi’s Dictionary Definitions Aharon Maman, "The Lexical Element in David Alfasi’s Dictionary Definitions."University of Cambridge Oriental Publications (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NILJNHG3

Early Ḳaraite Bible Commentaries Jacob Mann, "Early Ḳaraite Bible Commentaries."The Jewish Quarterly Review, n.a. vol. 12 (1922)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5QCTRCI8

Texts and Studies Jacob Mann, Texts and Studies vol. 2: Karaitica (Philadephia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1935)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/VY7NMYSC

The Arabic Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruham the Karaite on the Book of Psalms, Chapters 42–72, Edited from the Unique Manuscript in the State Public Library in Leningrad Lawrence Marwick, The Arabic Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruham the Karaite on the Book of Psalms, Chapters 42–72, Edited from the Unique Manuscript in the State Public Library in Leningrad (Philadelphia, 1956)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/9WXMVCX7

[Review of: Birnbaum, Philip, ed. and trans. The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction. Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942] L.E. Marwick, "[Review of: Birnbaum, Philip, ed. and trans. The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction. Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942]."Journal of Biblical Literature vol. 62 (1943)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/MHWLWBGA

Studies in Salmon ben Yeruḥam Lawrence Marwick, "Studies in Salmon ben Yeruḥam."The Jewish Quarterly Review, n.s. vol. 34 (1944)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/P8XFQS4M

[Review of: Zewi, The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Pentateuch] Jeffrey L. Morrow, "[Review of: Zewi, The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Pentateuch]."Review of Biblical Literature vol. 20 (2018)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/TETNIZR6

Review: Salmon ben Jeroham's Commentary on Psalms 42-72 [Review of: Marwick, Lawrence, ed. The Arabic Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruham the Karaite on the Book of Psalms, Chapters 42–72, Edited from the Unique Manuscript in the State Public Library in Leningrad. Philadelphia, 1956. Leon Nemoy, "Review: Salmon ben Jeroham's Commentary on Psalms 42-72 [Review of: Marwick, Lawrence, ed. The Arabic Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruham the Karaite on the Book of Psalms, Chapters 42–72, Edited from the Unique Manuscript in the State Public Library in Leningrad. Philadelphia, 1956.."The Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 48 (1957)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/L3NLY9EW

[Review of: Birnbaum, Philip, ed. and trans. The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction. Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942] L. Nemoy, "[Review of: Birnbaum, Philip, ed. and trans. The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction. Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942]."The Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 33 (1943)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/LWD4XNHX

An Anonymous Karaite Commentary on the Book of Hosea Friedrich Niessen, "An Anonymous Karaite Commentary on the Book of Hosea."Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement (2001)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/LC7TVZMZ

Medieval Karaite Views on Translating the Hebrew Bible into Arabic Meira Polliack, "Medieval Karaite Views on Translating the Hebrew Bible into Arabic."Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 47 (1996)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/CBD3GZQQ

The Karaite Translation Tradition of the Pentateuch into Arabic: A Linguistic Study of Karaite Translations of the Pentateuch from the Tenth to the Eleventh Centuries A.D. Meira Polliack, The Karaite Translation Tradition of the Pentateuch into Arabic: A Linguistic Study of Karaite Translations of the Pentateuch from the Tenth to the Eleventh Centuries A.D. (Cambridge, 1993)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/U2B7JG2E

The Karaite Tradition of Arabic Bible Translation: A Linguistic and Exegetical Study of Karaite Translations of the Pentateuch from the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries C.E. Meira Polliack, The Karaite Tradition of Arabic Bible Translation: A Linguistic and Exegetical Study of Karaite Translations of the Pentateuch from the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries C.E. (Leiden: Brill, 1997)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/V2937WNQ

The Medieval Karaite Tradition of Translating the Bible into Arabic: Its Sources, Characteristics and Historical Background Meira Polliack, "The Medieval Karaite Tradition of Translating the Bible into Arabic: Its Sources, Characteristics and Historical Background."Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society vol. 6 (1996)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Y7TSF5XT

The Karaite Tradition of Hebrew Grammatical Thought in Its Classical Form: A Critical Edition and English Translation of al-Kitāb al-Kāfī fī al-Luġa al-ʿIbrāniyya by ʾAbū al-Faraj Hārūn ibn al-FarajGeoffrey Khan, Maria Ángeles Gallego and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, eds., The Karaite Tradition of Hebrew Grammatical Thought in Its Classical Form: A Critical Edition and English Translation of al-Kitāb al-Kāfī fī al-Luġa al-ʿIbrāniyya by ʾAbū al-Faraj Hārūn ibn al-Faraj, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics (Leiden: Brill, 2003)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/2NYHPUFS

Old Jewish Commentaries on the Song of Songs I: The Commentary of Yefet Ben Eli Joseph Alobaidi ed., Old Jewish Commentaries on the Song of Songs I: The Commentary of Yefet Ben Eli, La Bible dans l’histoire: Textes et études (Bern: Peter Lang, 2010)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/33S7Q89A

The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction Philip Birnbaum ed., The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction (Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1942)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/34RLRYC5

The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Joshua James T Robinson ed., The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Joshua Karaite Texts and Studies 7 , Études sur le judaïsme médiéval (Leiden: Brill, 2015)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/36DBCB37

Jefeth b. Ali’s Arabic Commentary on Nāḥūm, with Introduction, Abridged Translation and Notes Hartwig Hirschfeld ed., Jefeth b. Ali’s Arabic Commentary on Nāḥūm, with Introduction, Abridged Translation and Notes, Jews’ College Publication (London: n.p., 1911)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5BXUT3Z3

The Arabic Commentary of Abu Zakariya Yaḥya (Judah ben Samuel) ibn Bal‘am on the Twelve Minor Prophets Samuel Poznański ed., "The Arabic Commentary of Abu Zakariya Yaḥya (Judah ben Samuel) ibn Bal‘am on the Twelve Minor Prophets."The Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 15 (1924)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6BXC2E2N

The Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on the Book of Proverbs Ilana Sasson ed., The Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli on the Book of Proverbs vol. 1: Introduction and Edition , Karaite Texts and Studies 8; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval (Leiden: Brill, 2016)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/89HN54WS

The Messiah in Isaiah 53: The Commentaries of Saadia Gaon, Salmon ben Yeruham and Yefet ben Eli on Is 52:13–53:12 Joseph Alobaidi ed., The Messiah in Isaiah 53: The Commentaries of Saadia Gaon, Salmon ben Yeruham and Yefet ben Eli on Is 52:13–53:12, La Bible dans l’histoire: Textes et études (Bern: Peter Lang, 1998)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/HNJWVG6K

The Book of Hebrew Roots by Abu’l-Walîd Marwân ibn Janâḥ, Called Rabbî Jônâh, Edited with an Appendix, Containing Extracts from Other Hebrew-Arabic Dictionaries ||كتاب الأصول لأبى الوليد مروان بن جناح القرطبى ويتلوه منتخبات من تصانيف اخر فى الاصول لبعض علماء المشرق والمغرب] Adolf Neubauer ed., The Book of Hebrew Roots by Abu’l-Walîd Marwân ibn Janâḥ, Called Rabbî Jônâh, Edited with an Appendix, Containing Extracts from Other Hebrew-Arabic Dictionaries ||كتاب الأصول لأبى الوليد مروان بن جناح القرطبى ويتلوه منتخبات من تصانيف اخر فى الاصول لبعض علماء المشرق والمغرب] (London: Clarendon Press, 1875)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/N385QVVS

The Fifty-Third Chapter of Isaiah According to the Jewish Interpreters Samuel R. Driver and Adolf Neubauer eds., The Fifty-Third Chapter of Isaiah According to the Jewish Interpreters (Oxford, London: James Parker and Co., 1876–77)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QEFP6HVN

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"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

Thus a search for:

G?wargis

returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

Similarly a search for:

M?r

returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

"*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

Thus a search for:

Dayr*

returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

Similarly a search for

Ab*

returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

Fuzzy Search Character

Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

Thus a search for

Aba~

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To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"

returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

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Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2

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