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An Early Copy of the Pentateuch and the Book of Daniel in Arabic (MS Sinai—Arabic 2): Preliminary Observations on Codicology, Text Types, and Translation Technique Miriam Lindgren and Ronny Vollandt, "An Early Copy of the Pentateuch and the Book of Daniel in Arabic (MS Sinai—Arabic 2): Preliminary Observations on Codicology, Text Types, and Translation Technique."Intellectual History of the Islamicate World vol. 1 (2013)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5WIRDWCD
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
Fragments du commentaire de Daniel al-Kumissi sur les Psaumes Arthur Marmorstein, "Fragments du commentaire de Daniel al-Kumissi sur les Psaumes."Journal asiatique vol. 11 (1916)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6C8TWKBT
Неопубликованные фрагменты арабских версий самаритянского Пятикнижия из собрания Российской национальной библиотеки. 1. часть: введение, примечания к тексту || Fragments inédits des versions arabes du Pentateuque samaritain Арутюн Жамкочян and Haroutun Jamgotchian, Неопубликованные фрагменты арабских версий самаритянского Пятикнижия из собрания Российской национальной библиотеки. 1. часть: введение, примечания к тексту || Fragments inédits des versions arabes du Pentateuque samaritain (Москва: МИФИ, 1996)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6K5URUHE
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
The Earliest Known Manuscripts of Samaritan Arabic Chronicles and Other Texts in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg Haroutyun S. Jamgotchian, "The Earliest Known Manuscripts of Samaritan Arabic Chronicles and Other Texts in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg."Supplements to Vetus Testamentum (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2010)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6QCGRFBZ
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
הבזקים על תרגום תורת השומרונים לערבית חסיב שחאדה and Haseeb Shehadeh, "הבזקים על תרגום תורת השומרונים לערבית."א. ב. - חדשות השומרונים || A. B. - The Samaritan News || أ. ب. - أخبار السامرة vol. 613-614 (1994/06/17)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6SPI9INT
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
Book Review: Two Arabic Versions of the Book of "Ruth". Text Edition and Language Studies Clive Holes, "Book Review: Two Arabic Versions of the Book of "Ruth". Text Edition and Language Studies."Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society vol. 7 (1997)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6W9V3ZND
Die samaritanisch-arabische Pentateuchübersetzung, Deuteronomium I-XI, mit Einleitung und Noten. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde eingereicht bei der Hohen Philosophischen Facultät der Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität zu Strassburg Josef Bloch, Die samaritanisch-arabische Pentateuchübersetzung, Deuteronomium I-XI, mit Einleitung und Noten. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde eingereicht bei der Hohen Philosophischen Facultät der Kaiser-Wilhelms-Universität zu Strassburg (Berlin: M. Poppelauer's Buchhandlung, 1901)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6ZUU46BT
من التوراة (3) || From the Pentateuch (3) Malak Hananu and ملك هنانو, "من التوراة (3) || From the Pentateuch (3)."المجمع العلمي العربي vol. 39 (1964)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7BRHJPUX
Un manuscrit bilingue grec-arabe, BnF, Supplément Grec 911 (année 1043) Paul Géhin, "Un manuscrit bilingue grec-arabe, BnF, Supplément Grec 911 (année 1043)." (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1997)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7CKSHQV9
The Textual History of the Arabic Pauline Epistles: One Version, Three Recensions, Six Manuscripts Vevian Zaki, "The Textual History of the Arabic Pauline Epistles: One Version, Three Recensions, Six Manuscripts."Biblia Arabica (Leiden: Brill, 2017/09/04)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7IXYNSVA
A Handbook of early Middle Arabic Joshua Blau, A Handbook of early Middle Arabic (Jerusalem: The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation ‒ The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7JV49ZX3
أيوب: معربا عن أصله العبرى ومنظوما ومشروحا ومفسرا على الوجه الصحيح || Job: Translated into Arabic from Its Original Hebrew, Arranged in Poetic Verse, Interpreted, and Explained in Reliable Fashion Morad (Murād) Farag and مراد فرج, أيوب: معربا عن أصله العبرى ومنظوما ومشروحا ومفسرا على الوجه الصحيح || Job: Translated into Arabic from Its Original Hebrew, Arranged in Poetic Verse, Interpreted, and Explained in Reliable Fashion (القاهرة || Cairo: مطبعة العالم العربي || Maṭbaʿat al-ʿĀlam al-ʿArabī, 1950)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7QFKLF9K
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
An Edition of the Book of Daniel and Associated Apocrypha in Ms. Sinai Arabic I Russel Stapleton, An Edition of the Book of Daniel and Associated Apocrypha in Ms. Sinai Arabic I (1989)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7V5ZKRQX
The Limits of Karaite Scripturalism: Problems in Narrative Exegesis Daniel Frank, "The Limits of Karaite Scripturalism: Problems in Narrative Exegesis." (Jerusalem: The Ben-Zvi Institute, 2007)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7W8J9L3S
[Review of: Shehadeh, The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Prolegomena to a Critical Edition] L. F. Girón, "[Review of: Shehadeh, The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Prolegomena to a Critical Edition]."Sefarad vol. 39 (1979)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/7XXC4FJ8
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
من التوراة (1) || From the Pentateuch (1) Malak Hananu and ملك هنانو, "من التوراة (1) || From the Pentateuch (1)."المجمع العلمي العربي vol. 39 (1964)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/89CXKMY8
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
Psalmi Davidis cum canticis veteris et novi Testamenti, Syriacè et Arabicè, sed charactere Syriaco minori, nam alter majusculus est: Praemittitur epistola Sergii Risii, Maronicae archiepiscopi Damasceni || ܟܬܳܒܳܐ ܕܡܳܙܡܘܪ̈ܶܐ ܕܕܰܘܝܕ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܘܰܢܒ݁ܝܳܐ || ܟܬܐܒ ܬܣܐܒܝܚ ܕܐܘܘܕ ܐܠܡܠܟ ܘܐܠܢܒܝ Sergius al-Rizzī ed., Psalmi Davidis cum canticis veteris et novi Testamenti, Syriacè et Arabicè, sed charactere Syriaco minori, nam alter majusculus est: Praemittitur epistola Sergii Risii, Maronicae archiepiscopi Damasceni || ܟܬܳܒܳܐ ܕܡܳܙܡܘܪ̈ܶܐ ܕܕܰܘܝܕ ܡܰܠܟܳܐ ܘܰܢܒ݁ܝܳܐ || ܟܬܐܒ ܬܣܐܒܝܚ ܕܐܘܘܕ ܐܠܡܠܟ ܘܐܠܢܒܝ (in Monasterio S. Antonii et S. Joannis: Joseph. F. Amimam Diaconum, 1610)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/8NX8QGD4
[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]. G. Vajda 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].."Revue des études juives (1959/60)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/8QIBDJJP
رسالة بولس الرسول الى اهل رومية، رسالة بولس الرسول الى اهل غلاطيا || Pauli Apostoli ad Romanos Epistola, Arabice: Ex Bibliotheca Leidensi & Pauli Apostoli Epistola ad Galatas Thomas Erpenius ed., رسالة بولس الرسول الى اهل رومية، رسالة بولس الرسول الى اهل غلاطيا || Pauli Apostoli ad Romanos Epistola, Arabice: Ex Bibliotheca Leidensi & Pauli Apostoli Epistola ad Galatas (Leiden: In Typographia Erpeniana, 1615)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/8QT573TU
Une ancienne version arabe de l'Epître à Philémon Gerard Troupeau, "Une ancienne version arabe de l'Epître à Philémon." (Aldershot, Hamp.; Brookfield, Vt.: Variorum, 1995)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/8S2TVD4F
Les épîtres de saint Paul dans une des premières traductions en arabe Paul Féghali, "Les épîtres de saint Paul dans une des premières traductions en arabe."Parole de l'Orient vol. 30 (2005)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/8XVNASBR
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
Об одной новозаветной цитате в арабо-мусульманских сочинениях || A Quotation from the New Testament in Arab Muslim Writings Serge Frantsuzov, "Об одной новозаветной цитате в арабо-мусульманских сочинениях || A Quotation from the New Testament in Arab Muslim Writings." (2007)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/96JT94N3
الموارنة يتبنون لغة القرآن في ترجمة جديدة للأناجيل الأربعة || The Maronites adopt the Language of the Qur'an in a New Translation of the Four Gospels وضاح شرارة, "الموارنة يتبنون لغة القرآن في ترجمة جديدة للأناجيل الأربعة || The Maronites adopt the Language of the Qur'an in a New Translation of the Four Gospels."الناقد vol. 1 (1988)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/9BBTLXM3
On the Problems of the Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch Rudolf Macuch, "On the Problems of the Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch."Israel Oriental Studies vol. 9 (1979)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/9D33XESQ
The Study of Medieval Karaism, 1989–1999 Daniel Frank and Nicholas de Lange, "The Study of Medieval Karaism, 1989–1999." (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/9HDL3DDU
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
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

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jamgotchian, haroutun (7)stroumsa, sarah (5)סטרומזה, שרה (5)hopkins, simon (5)neubauer, adolf (5)frank, daniel (5)khan, geoffrey (5)שחאדה, חסיב (5)hjälm, miriam l. (5)zewi, tamar (5)staal, harvey (5)hjälm, miriam lindgren (5)butbul, sagit (4)בוטבול, שגית (4)הופקינס, סימון (4)fleischer, heinrich leberecht (4)wechsler, michael (4)loewenstamm, ayala (4)בלאו, יהושע (4)arbache, samir (4)kirstenius, petrus (3)schulthess, sara (3)هنانو, ملك (3)tal, abraham (3)merx, adalbert (3)בן־שמאי, חגי (3)hananu, malak (3)bargès, jean joseph léandre (3)reif, stefan (3)alobaidi, joseph (3)skoss, solomon l. (3)قوشاقجي, يوسف (3)gehman, henry snyder (3)فرج, مراد (3)petraeus, theodorus (3)marwick, lawrence (3)avishur, yitzhaq (3)reinke, laurenz (3)vaccari, alberto (3)schlossberg, eliezer (3)nissel, johann georg (3)schröter, r. (3)monferrer-sala, juan pedro (3)vollandt, ronny (3)livne-kafri, ofer (3)ליונשטם, אילה (2)poznański, samuel (2)פלורנטין, משה (2)florentin, moshe (2)شحادة, حسيب (2)chiesa, bruno (2)walfish, barry d. (2)sklare, david (2)gibson, margaret dunlop (2)kuenen, abraham (2)erpenius, thomas (2)dammen mcauliffe, jane (2)graf, georg (2)mann, jacob (2)bekkum, wout jac. van (2)خلف, غسان (2)frank, richard m (2)soncino, eliezer ben gershom (2)baumstark, anton (2)vajda, georges (2)robinson, james t (2)cheikho, louis (2)meinardus, otto (2)eskhult, mats (2)شيخو, لويس (2)blumfield, fiona eve (2)nemoy, leon (2)eytan, eli (2)קיאזה, ברונו (2)adler, jacob georg christian (2)girón, l. f. (2)סקליר, דוד (2)zhamkochyan, arutyun (2)בר־אשר, מאיר מ׳ (2)marmorstein, arthur (2)wechsler, michael g. (2)driver, samuel r. (2)مدروس, بيتر (2)crown, alan d. (2)al-rizzī, sergius (2)khalaf, ghassan (2)kachouh (kashouh), hikmat (2)kahle, paul e. (2)sasson, ilana (2)batat, efrat (2)bar-asher, meir m. (2)goering, joseph w. (2)zaki, vevian (2)farag, morad (murād) (2)לבנה-כפרי, עופר (2)
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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.