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Aus der Petersburger Bibliothek: Beiträge und Dokumente zur Geschichte des Karäerthums und der karäischen Literatur Adolf Neubauer, Aus der Petersburger Bibliothek: Beiträge und Dokumente zur Geschichte des Karäerthums und der karäischen Literatur, Schriften herausgegeben vom Institut zur Förderung der israelitischen Literatur (Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1866)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/2CW7G5IC

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

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

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

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

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

Rabbi Yapheth Abou Aly Ibn-Aly Bassorensis Karaitarum doctoris sapientissimi in Canticum Canticorum commentarium arabicum || سفر שיר השירים … مع تفسيره الذى وضعه الشيخ العلّامة والمعلّم الفهّامة ربى يفث بن علىّ البصرىّ … Jean Joseph Léandre Bargès ed., Rabbi Yapheth Abou Aly Ibn-Aly Bassorensis Karaitarum doctoris sapientissimi in Canticum Canticorum commentarium arabicum || سفر שיר השירים … مع تفسيره الذى وضعه الشيخ العلّامة والمعلّم الفهّامة ربى يفث بن علىّ البصرىّ … (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1884)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/E7U5Y9BW

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

Obadja, Jóna, Micha és Nachum próféták könyveinek arab fordítása névtelen szerzőtől: a Codex Huntington 206 alapján Gyula Friedmann ed., Obadja, Jóna, Micha és Nachum próféták könyveinek arab fordítása névtelen szerzőtől: a Codex Huntington 206 alapján (Budapest: Az Athenaeum Irod. és Nyomdai R. T. Könyvnyomdája, 1901)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/IGJ5MT8M

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

משלי בלעם בפירושו של יפת בן עלי הקראי || Balaam’s Poetic Verses in the Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite Avni Tzvi ed., "משלי בלעם בפירושו של יפת בן עלי הקראי || Balaam’s Poetic Verses in the Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite."Sefunot: Studies and Sources on the History of the Jewish Communities in the East || ספונות: מחקרים ומקורות לתולדות קהילות ישראל במזרח New Series 8 || סדרה חדשה‎, ח (2003 || תשס"ג)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/L9K85CMV

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

Deux commentaires karaïtes sur l’Ecclésiaste Georges Vajda ed., Deux commentaires karaïtes sur l’Ecclésiaste, Études sur le judaïsme médiéval (Leiden: Brill, 1971)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/MQY9YHV2

Der Commentar des Karäers Jephet ben ’Ali Halêvi zu den Proverbien. Zum ersten Male nach mehreren Handschriften edirt, mit einer Einleitung und Anmerkungen versehen Israel Günzig ed., Der Commentar des Karäers Jephet ben ’Ali Halêvi zu den Proverbien. Zum ersten Male nach mehreren Handschriften edirt, mit einer Einleitung und Anmerkungen versehen (Krakau: Druck u. Verlag von Josef Fischer, 1898)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QAPLU4S6

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~

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