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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
[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
[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] J. Kaltner, "[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]."Review of Biblical Literature vol. 7 (2011)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QRK6KHQ7
The Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa): The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Saadia Gaon on the Book of Esther Michael Wechsler, The Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa): The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Saadia Gaon on the Book of Esther, Biblia Arabica (Leiden: Brill, 2015)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/SCQFWRIN
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 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 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
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
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

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    Wildcard Characters:

    Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

    "?" 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.

    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.