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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

Salmon ben Yeruham’s Commentary on the Book of Psalms Jonathan Shunary, "Salmon ben Yeruham’s Commentary on the Book of Psalms."The Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 73 (1982)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/2G3TK7GI

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

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

[Review of: Wechsler, Michael G., ed. and trans. The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and Introduction. Karaite Texts and Studies 1; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 36. Leiden: Brill, 2008] I. R. M. Bóid, "[Review of: Wechsler, Michael G., ed. and trans. The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Esther: Edition, Translation, and Introduction. Karaite Texts and Studies 1; Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 36. Leiden: Brill, 2008]."Bibliotheca Orientalis vol. 67 (2010)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/3Q7CRQ7N

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

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

Vestiges of Qaraite Translations in the Arabic Translation(s) of the Samaritan Pentateuch Gregor Schwarb, "Vestiges of Qaraite Translations in the Arabic Translation(s) of the Samaritan Pentateuch."Intellectual History of the Islamicate World vol. 1 (2013)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6VKB5WN8

על הפרשן הקראי יפת בן עלי ופירושו לספר הושע – על הספר: מאירה פוליאק ואליעזר שלוסברג, פירוש יפת בן עלי לספר הושע [Review of: Polliack, Meira and Eliezer Schlossberg, ed. and trans. Yefet ben ‘Eli’s Commentary on Hosea. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2009] Y. Erder and יורם ארדר, "על הפרשן הקראי יפת בן עלי ופירושו לספר הושע – על הספר: מאירה פוליאק ואליעזר שלוסברג, פירוש יפת בן עלי לספר הושע [Review of: Polliack, Meira and Eliezer Schlossberg, ed. and trans. Yefet ben ‘Eli’s Commentary on Hosea. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2009]."Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv || קתדרה: לתולדות ארץ ישראל ויישובה vol. 158 (2016)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/897GRRDK

The Judaeo-Arabic Commentary on Jonah by the Karaite Japheth Ben Eli: Introduction and Translation Jessica Hope Andruss, The Judaeo-Arabic Commentary on Jonah by the Karaite Japheth Ben Eli: Introduction and Translation (Columbus, Ohio, 2007)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/8Y3WZLH5

[Review of: Alobaidi, Joseph, Old Jewish Commentaries on the Song of Songs I: The Commentary of Yefet ben Eli] Karin Almbladh, "[Review of: Alobaidi, Joseph, Old Jewish Commentaries on the Song of Songs I: The Commentary of Yefet ben Eli]."Orientalia Suecana vol. 59 (2010)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/94YIRLEB

Karaite Commentaries on the Song of Songs from Tenth-Century Jerusalem Daniel Frank, "Karaite Commentaries on the Song of Songs from Tenth-Century Jerusalem." (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/B9FZTRYG

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

Search Scripture Well: Karaite Exegetes and the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East Daniel Frank, Search Scripture Well: Karaite Exegetes and the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East, Études sur le judaïsme médiéval (Leiden: Brill, 2004)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/E89SQS8Q

[Review of: Auerbach, Zacharias, Iepheti ben Eli Karaitae in Proverbiorum Salomonis caput XXX commentarius, nunc primum arabice editus, in latinum conversus, adnotationibus illustratus] H. L. Fleischer, "[Review of: Auerbach, Zacharias, Iepheti ben Eli Karaitae in Proverbiorum Salomonis caput XXX commentarius, nunc primum arabice editus, in latinum conversus, adnotationibus illustratus]."Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vol. 22 (1868)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/E9MNQ7YT

Christian Arabic Versions of Daniel: A Comparative Study of Early Mss and Translation Techniques in Mss Sinai Ar. 1 and 2 Miriam L Hjälm, Christian Arabic Versions of Daniel: A Comparative Study of Early Mss and Translation Techniques in Mss Sinai Ar. 1 and 2, Biblia Arabica (Leiden: Brill, 2016)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/EBVWXW94

Eine anonyme arabische Uebersetzung und Erklärung der propheten Zephanja, Haggai und Zecharja, herausgegeben und mit kritischen Anmerkungen versehen A. Heisz ed., Eine anonyme arabische Uebersetzung und Erklärung der propheten Zephanja, Haggai und Zecharja, herausgegeben und mit kritischen Anmerkungen versehen (Berlin: H. Itzkowski, 1902)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/JR39UDLB

Iepheti ben Eli Karaitae in Proverbiorum Salomonis caput XXX commentarius, nunc primum arabice editus, in latinum conversus, adnotationibus illustratus Zacharias Auerbach ed., Iepheti ben Eli Karaitae in Proverbiorum Salomonis caput XXX commentarius, nunc primum arabice editus, in latinum conversus, adnotationibus illustratus (Bonn: Typis Caroli Georgii, 1866)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/LE877A7T

The Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Eli on the Book of Ruth—Studies in Translation and Exegetical Techniques Fiona Eve Blumfield, The Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Eli on the Book of Ruth—Studies in Translation and Exegetical Techniques (London, 2001)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/LRDXHE3V

[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

[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

The Arabic Commentary of 'Ali ben Suleimān the Karaite on the Book of Genesis Solomon L. Skoss, "The Arabic Commentary of 'Ali ben Suleimān the Karaite on the Book of Genesis."Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 18 (1927-1928)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NEJ7RVTY

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

[Review of: Margoliouth, David Samuel, ed. and trans. A Commentary on the Book of Daniel by Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite [شرح سفر دانيال …]. Anecdota Oxoniensia; Semitic Series, pt. 3. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889] H. Hirschfeld, "[Review of: Margoliouth, David Samuel, ed. and trans. A Commentary on the Book of Daniel by Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite [شرح سفر دانيال …]. Anecdota Oxoniensia; Semitic Series, pt. 3. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889]."Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vol. 45 (1891)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QH876XZF

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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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