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Saadiae Phijumensis versio Iesaiae arabica, cum aliis speciminibus arabico-biblicis e mso bodleiano Christia Friedrich Paulus, Saadiae Phijumensis versio Iesaiae arabica, cum aliis speciminibus arabico-biblicis e mso bodleiano (Jena: Chr. Henr. Cunonis Heredes, 1790)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/25FWIE6K
Proben eines bedeutsamen arabischen Evangelientextes Curt Peters, "Proben eines bedeutsamen arabischen Evangelientextes."Oriens Christianus vol. 11 (1936)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/A76I9I4E
לקוטי קדמוניות: לקורות דת בני מקרא והליטעראטור שלהם עפ״י כתבי יד עבריים וערביים || Lickute Kadmoniot. Zur Geschichte des Karaismus und der karäischen Literatur S. Pinsker, לקוטי קדמוניות: לקורות דת בני מקרא והליטעראטור שלהם עפ״י כתבי יד עבריים וערביים || Lickute Kadmoniot. Zur Geschichte des Karaismus und der karäischen Literatur (Wien: Adalbert della Torre, 1860)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6RTPIANL
[Review of: Bengtsson, P.Å., Two Arabic Versions of the Book of Ruth: Text Edition and Language Studies (Fil.Dr. dissertation, Lunds Universitet, 1995)] Meira Polliack, "[Review of: Bengtsson, P.Å., Two Arabic Versions of the Book of Ruth: Text Edition and Language Studies (Fil.Dr. dissertation, Lunds Universitet, 1995)]."Vetus Testamentum vol. 48 (1998)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/BUWDVZ4G
שני גלוסרים מקראיים עבריים־ערביים מגניזת קהיר || Two Hebrew-Arabic Biblical Glossaries from the Cairo Geniza Meira Polliack and Sasson Somekh, "שני גלוסרים מקראיים עבריים־ערביים מגניזת קהיר || Two Hebrew-Arabic Biblical Glossaries from the Cairo Geniza."Pe‘amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry || פעמים: רבעון לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח vol. 83 (2000)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/BYBNEGMH
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
תפיסת רב סעדיה גאון את תרגום התורה בהשוואה לתפיסת הקראים || Se‘adyā Gaon’s Concept of Biblical Translation in the Light of the Karaite Concept Meira Polliack, "תפיסת רב סעדיה גאון את תרגום התורה בהשוואה לתפיסת הקראים || Se‘adyā Gaon’s Concept of Biblical Translation in the Light of the Karaite Concept." (Ramat Gan: University of Bar Ilan Press, 2000)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/TC4IGXV2
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
Die andalusische Übersetzung des Römerbriefs Daniel Potthast, "Die andalusische Übersetzung des Römerbriefs."Collectanea Christiana Orientalia vol. 8 (2011)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6N7KWKFF
Aus Qirqisâni’s ‚Kitâb al-’anwâr w’al-marâqib‛ Samuel Poznański, "Aus Qirqisâni’s ‚Kitâb al-’anwâr w’al-marâqib‛." (Berlin: S. Calvary & Co., 1897)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/GV3M95ZE
A Fragmentary Arabic Version of the Epistle of Galatians Kept in the Royal Library of the Monastery of the Escorial Lourdes Bonhome Pulido, "A Fragmentary Arabic Version of the Epistle of Galatians Kept in the Royal Library of the Monastery of the Escorial."Syro-Arabica vol. 2 (Cordoba: CNERU-CEDRAC, 2013)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PZTNH3B3
On the First Translation of the Gospels into Arabic Baron Hammer Purgstall, "On the First Translation of the Gospels into Arabic."Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 4 (1837)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PRKBWQBN
الكتاب المقدس في التاريخ العربي المعاصر || The Bible in the Contemporary Arabic History Tharwat Qadis and ثروت قادس, الكتاب المقدس في التاريخ العربي المعاصر || The Bible in the Contemporary Arabic History (Cairo || القاهرة: دار الثقافة, 1999)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/9QPJCXB2
Septuaginta: Societatis Scientiarum Gottingensis auctoritate editit, Vol. 1, Genesis Alfred Rahlfs, Septuaginta: Societatis Scientiarum Gottingensis auctoritate editit, Vol. 1, Genesis vol. 1 (Stuttgart: Priviligierte Würtenbergische Bibelanstalt Stuttgart, 1926)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QJ9K68G9
Der Prophet Malachi. Einleitung, Grundtext und Uebersetzung, nebst einem vollständigen philologisch-kritischen und historischen Commentar Laurenz Reinke, Der Prophet Malachi. Einleitung, Grundtext und Uebersetzung, nebst einem vollständigen philologisch-kritischen und historischen Commentar (Gießsen’sche Universitätsbuchhandlung: Ferber, 1856)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/HRKP7TBZ
Zur Kritik der älteren Versionen des Propheten Nahum Laurenz Reinke, Zur Kritik der älteren Versionen des Propheten Nahum (Münster: Niemann, 1867)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/KBZRH9Q9
Der Prophet Haggai: Einleitung, Grundtext und Uebersetzung, nebst einem vollständigen philologisch-kritischen und historischen Commentar Laurenz Reinke, Der Prophet Haggai: Einleitung, Grundtext und Uebersetzung, nebst einem vollständigen philologisch-kritischen und historischen Commentar (Münster: Niemann, 1868)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/MGS4WKAD
Al-Alam's version of Zechariah Stephen M. Reynolds, "Al-Alam's version of Zechariah."Muslim World (1943)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7UTHFEXT
The Arabic Commentary of Solomon ben Yeruham the Karaite on Ecclesiastes || שרח מגילת קהלת שנכתב בידי הקראי סלמן בן ירוחם Moshe I. Riese, The Arabic Commentary of Solomon ben Yeruham the Karaite on Ecclesiastes || שרח מגילת קהלת שנכתב בידי הקראי סלמן בן ירוחם (Ann Arbor, 1973)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/B2Z33EMQ
Tria Specimina Characterum Arabicorum Petrus Kirstenius ed., Tria Specimina Characterum Arabicorum (Breslau: Typis Arabicis ac sumptibus authoris in Officina Baumanniana, 1608)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/2BDN6J2S
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
Libri Psalmorum David regis et prophetae, versio a R. Yapheth ben Heli Bassorensi Karaitâ, auctore decimi saeculi, arabice concinnata, quam ad communem Sacrarum Litterarum et linguarum orientalium studiosorum utilitatem punctis vocalibus insignivit et latinitate donavit J[ean]-J[oseph]-L[éandre] Bargès || كِتَابُ الزُّبُورِ لِدَاوُدَ المَلِكِ وَالنَّبِيِّ Jean Joseph Léandre Bargès ed., Libri Psalmorum David regis et prophetae, versio a R. Yapheth ben Heli Bassorensi Karaitâ, auctore decimi saeculi, arabice concinnata, quam ad communem Sacrarum Litterarum et linguarum orientalium studiosorum utilitatem punctis vocalibus insignivit et latinitate donavit J[ean]-J[oseph]-L[éandre] Bargès || كِتَابُ الزُّبُورِ لِدَاوُدَ المَلِكِ وَالنَّبِيِّ (Paris: B. Duprat, 1861)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/3DPHUHW7
The Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Ruth ||פירושו של יפת בן עלי הקראי למגילת רות Sagit Butbul and שגית בוטבול eds., "The Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Ruth ||פירושו של יפת בן עלי הקראי למגילת רות."Sefunot: Studies and Sources on the History of the Jewish Communities in the East || ספונות: מחקרים ומקורות לתולדות קהילות ישראל במזרח N.S. 8 (23) || סדרה חדשה‎, כרך ח (כג‎) (2003 || תשס"ג)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/4WHPBUN3
الترجمة العربية لتوراة السامريين حقّقها وقدّم لها حسيب شحادة. المجلّد الثاني: سفر اللاويين سفر العدد وسفر تثنية الاشتراع || התרגום הערבי לנוסח התורה של השומרונים. ההדיר לפי כתבי-יד וצירף מבוא: חסיב שחאדה. כרך ב: ויקרא, במדבר, דברים || The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Edited from the Manuscripts with an Introductory Volume by Haseeb Shehadeh. Volume Two: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomyحسيب شحادة, חסיב שחאדה and Haseeb Shehadeh, eds., الترجمة العربية لتوراة السامريين حقّقها وقدّم لها حسيب شحادة. المجلّد الثاني: سفر اللاويين سفر العدد وسفر تثنية الاشتراع || התרגום הערבי לנוסח התורה של השומרונים. ההדיר לפי כתבי-יד וצירף מבוא: חסיב שחאדה. כרך ב: ויקרא, במדבר, דברים || The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Edited from the Manuscripts with an Introductory Volume by Haseeb Shehadeh. Volume Two: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy vol. 2 , כתבי האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים, החטיבה למדעי-הרוח || Publications of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Section of Humanities (ירושלים || القدس || Jerusalem: האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים || الاكاديمية الوطنية الاسرائيلية للعلوم والآداب, 2002 || תשס"ב)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/573XKFZM
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
[Review of: Markon, Isaac D., ed. פתרון שנים עשר: פירוש לתרי עשר חברו דניאל אלקומסי || Commentarius in librum duodecim prophetarum quem composuit Daniel al-Ḳūmissi]. Jerusalem: Mekize Nirdamim, 1957 [in Hebrew]. Z. Ankori ed., "[Review of: Markon, Isaac D., ed. פתרון שנים עשר: פירוש לתרי עשר חברו דניאל אלקומסי || Commentarius in librum duodecim prophetarum quem composuit Daniel al-Ḳūmissi]. Jerusalem: Mekize Nirdamim, 1957 [in Hebrew].."Tarbiz (1960)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5MCGFR9K
כתאב ג̇אמע אלאלפאט̇, או אלאגרון, תאליף דוד בן אברהם אלפאסי, אלמערוף באבי סלימאן דאוד בן אבראהים אלפאסי || The Hebrew-Arabic Dictionary of the Bible, known as Kitāb jāmī‘ al-alfāẓ (Agrōn), of David ben Abraham al-Fāsī, the Karaite (Tenth. Cent.) Solomon L. Skoss ed., כתאב ג̇אמע אלאלפאט̇, או אלאגרון, תאליף דוד בן אברהם אלפאסי, אלמערוף באבי סלימאן דאוד בן אבראהים אלפאסי || The Hebrew-Arabic Dictionary of the Bible, known as Kitāb jāmī‘ al-alfāẓ (Agrōn), of David ben Abraham al-Fāsī, the Karaite (Tenth. Cent.), Yale Oriental Series, Researches (New York: n.dn, 1945)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5TQHYL9Q

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"*" 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.

Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

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~  
returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

Exact Phrase Searches

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".

Proximity Characters

To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.