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חמשה חומשי תורה || Pentateuchus hebraeus cum versione persica, Targum et commentariis R. Salomonis, paraphrasi arabica R. Saadi Gaonis and Eliezer ben Gershom Soncino, חמשה חומשי תורה || Pentateuchus hebraeus cum versione persica, Targum et commentariis R. Salomonis, paraphrasi arabica R. Saadi Gaonis (Constantinople: E.B.G. Soncino, 1546)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/CVQ5SWMH
Commentary of Salmon Ben Yeruham on Lamentations Mohammed Abdul-Latif Abdul-Karim, Commentary of Salmon Ben Yeruham on Lamentations (St. Andrews, 1976)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NWP4L3Q8
Della descrittione di Malta isola nel mare Siciliano con le sve antichita: ed altre notitie, libri quattro Giovanfrancesco Abela, Della descrittione di Malta isola nel mare Siciliano con le sve antichita: ed altre notitie, libri quattro (P. Bonacota, 1647)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/FTYJYH5E
Bibliotheca Biblica. Serenissimi Würtenbergensium Ducis olim Lorckiana Jacob Georg Christian Adler, Bibliotheca Biblica. Serenissimi Würtenbergensium Ducis olim Lorckiana (Altona: J.D.A. Eckhardt, 1787)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/ASB5RN3Q
Kurze Uebersicht seiner biblischkritischen Reise nach Rom Jacob Georg Christian Adler, Kurze Uebersicht seiner biblischkritischen Reise nach Rom (Altona: J.D.A. Eckhardt, 1783)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/N6J9N2WK
[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
The Samaritan Pentateuch. An Introduction to Its Origin, History, and Significance for Biblical Studies Robert T. Anderson and Terry Giles, The Samaritan Pentateuch. An Introduction to Its Origin, History, and Significance for Biblical Studies, SBL Resources for Biblical Studies (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/R4HWDEVF
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: van Vloten, Specimen philologicum] [Anonymous], "[Review of: van Vloten, Specimen philologicum]."Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung [1804] (1804/02/25)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/58JKZGLP
D. Pauli Apostoli Epistola ad Titum, arabicé; cum Ioannis Antonidæ Alcmariani interlineari versione latina ad verbum Joannes Antonides, D. Pauli Apostoli Epistola ad Titum, arabicé; cum Ioannis Antonidæ Alcmariani interlineari versione latina ad verbum (Leiden: In officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1612)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/USMT5CIF
Les versions arabes des Evangiles Samir Arbache, "Les versions arabes des Evangiles."Mélanges de Science Religieuse vol. 3 (1999)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/FSXX8DKT
Une version arabe des évangiles: Langue, texte et lexique Samir Arbache, Une version arabe des évangiles: Langue, texte et lexique (1994)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/G6FXWARH
Le tétraévangile Sinaï Arabe 72: Ses rubriques liturgiques et son substrat grec Samir Arbache and Juin ., Le tétraévangile Sinaï Arabe 72: Ses rubriques liturgiques et son substrat grec (Louvain, 1975)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/THDFK36D
Versions anciennes de Syrie-Palestine et d'al-Andalus Samir Arbache and Philippe Roisse, "Versions anciennes de Syrie-Palestine et d'al-Andalus."Mélanges de Science Religieuse vol. 2 (2005)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/V38IJ9P7
Three Fragments of Saʿadya Gaon’s Arabic Translation of Isaiah Copied by the Court Scribe Joseph ben Samuel (c. 1181–1209)Amir Ashur, Sivan Nir and Meira Polliack,, "Three Fragments of Saʿadya Gaon’s Arabic Translation of Isaiah Copied by the Court Scribe Joseph ben Samuel (c. 1181–1209)."Biblia Arabica (Leiden: Brill, 2017/09/04)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Z3MJGAKG
الكتاب المقدس: طبعة الآباء الدومينيكان في الموصل (١٨٧٥-١٨٧٨) || The Bible: The Printed Edition of the Dominican Fathers in Musel (1875-1878) Antoine Audu and أنطوان أودو, "الكتاب المقدس: طبعة الآباء الدومينيكان في الموصل (١٨٧٥-١٨٧٨) || The Bible: The Printed Edition of the Dominican Fathers in Musel (1875-1878)." (بيروت || Beirut: الرابطة الكتابية|| The Biblical Union, 2006)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PNMMFZGK
Isaiah and Jeremiah Yitzhaq Avishur, "Isaiah and Jeremiah." vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1998)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/VQSFYAXT
Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic Yitzhaq Avishur, "Some new sources for the study of the text and language of Saadya’s translation of the Pentateuch into Judaeo-Arabic."University of Cambridge Oriental Publications (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/ZTXZYJ96
Paul through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians Kenneth Ewing Bailey, Paul through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians (Illinois: IVP Academic, 2011)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/AMJNDFGQ
[Review of: Shehadeh, The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Prolegomena to a Critical Edition] Maurice Baillet, "[Review of: Shehadeh, The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Prolegomena to a Critical Edition]."Revue biblique vol. 88 (1981)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5W3RBW74
Eine altarabische Evangelienübersetzung aus dem Christlich-Palästinensischen Anton Baumstark, "Eine altarabische Evangelienübersetzung aus dem Christlich-Palästinensischen."Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete vol. 8 (1932)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/33QXJQ3C
Die sonntägliche Evangelienlesung im vorbyzantinischen Jerusalem Anton Baumstark, "Die sonntägliche Evangelienlesung im vorbyzantinischen Jerusalem."Byzantinische Zeitschrift vol. 30 (1929-1930)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/W5ZIIWDK
D. Iohannis Apostoli et Evangelista Epistolae catholicae omnes arabicae ante aliquot secula factae ex-antiquissimo Ms. exemplari descriptae, et nunc demum latinae redittae opera et studio Wil. Bedwelli William Bedwell, D. Iohannis Apostoli et Evangelista Epistolae catholicae omnes arabicae ante aliquot secula factae ex-antiquissimo Ms. exemplari descriptae, et nunc demum latinae redittae opera et studio Wil. Bedwelli (Leiden: Ex Offic. Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1612)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/RGRF53ED
The Hebrew Tradition Wout Jac. van Bekkum, "The Hebrew Tradition."Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science; Series III—Studies in the History of the Language Sciences (Amsterdam/Philadephia: John Benjamins Publishing Co., 1997)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/SJ3H7UX9
פירושו הערבי של יפת בן עלי לאיוב א–ה || The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben Eli on Job 1–5 Haggai Ben-Shammai, פירושו הערבי של יפת בן עלי לאיוב א–ה || The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben Eli on Job 1–5 (Jerusalem, 1969)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/268A9BBT
Hebrew in Arabic Script—Qirqisānī’s View Haggai Ben-Shammai, "Hebrew in Arabic Script—Qirqisānī’s View." (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1982)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/F86KGYXS
שיטות המחשבה הדתית של אבו יוסף יעקוב אלקרקסאני ויפת בן עלי || The Doctrines of Religious Thought of Abû Yûsuf Ya‘qûb al-Qirqisânî and Yefet ben ‘Elî Haggai Ben-Shammai, שיטות המחשבה הדתית של אבו יוסף יעקוב אלקרקסאני ויפת בן עלי || The Doctrines of Religious Thought of Abû Yûsuf Ya‘qûb al-Qirqisânî and Yefet ben ‘Elî (Jerusalem, 1977)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/M9QZRLQG
ישועה בן יהודה: לדמותו של חכם קראי ירושלמי במאה הי״א || Yeshuah ben Yehudah: A Characterization of a Karaite Scholar of Jerusalem in the Eleventh Century Haggai Ben-Shammai, "ישועה בן יהודה: לדמותו של חכם קראי ירושלמי במאה הי״א || Yeshuah ben Yehudah: A Characterization of a Karaite Scholar of Jerusalem in the Eleventh Century."Pe‘amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry || פעמים: רבעון לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח vol. 32 (1987 || תשמ"ז)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QVHN9AUE
[Review of: Alobaidi, Joseph, Le commentaire des Psaumes par le qaraïte Salmon ben Yeruham: Psaumes 1–10; introduction, édition, traduction, La Bible dans l’histoire: Textes et études 1 (1996)] H. Ben-Shammai, "[Review of: Alobaidi, Joseph, Le commentaire des Psaumes par le qaraïte Salmon ben Yeruham: Psaumes 1–10; introduction, édition, traduction, La Bible dans l’histoire: Textes et études 1 (1996)]."The Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 91 (2001)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/YLCEQFTH
Two Arabic versions of the Book of Ruth: text edition and language studies Per A Bengtsson, Two Arabic versions of the Book of Ruth: text edition and language studies (Lund, 1995)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/U4DI3WHK
The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam David Bertaina, "The Development of Testimony Collections in Early Christian Apologetics with Islam." (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/IMXCU2DV
The Arabic Commentary of Yephet ben ‘Ali on the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapters 1–6 Richard Bland, The Arabic Commentary of Yephet ben ‘Ali on the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapters 1–6 (Berkeley, 1966)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/R6GE4QRM
תרגומי מקרא קדומים לערבית־היהודית || Ancient Bible Translations to Judaeo-Arabic Joshua Blau and Simon Hopkins, "תרגומי מקרא קדומים לערבית־היהודית || Ancient Bible Translations to Judaeo-Arabic."פעמים: רבעון לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח || Pe'amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry vol. 83 (2000 || תש"ס)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/4AS9IMJK
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
The Beginnings of Judaeo-Arabic Bible Exegesis According to an Old Glossary to the Book of Psalms || ניצני פרשנות המקרא בערבית היהודית על סמך גלוסר קדום לספר תהליםJoshua Blau, Simon Hopkins and יהושע בלאו,, "The Beginnings of Judaeo-Arabic Bible Exegesis According to an Old Glossary to the Book of Psalms || ניצני פרשנות המקרא בערבית היהודית על סמך גלוסר קדום לספר תהלים." (Jerusalem: Ben Zvi Institute, 2007)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/CEF386BD
On a Fragment of the Oldest Judaeo-Arabic Bible Translation Extant Joshua Blau, "On a Fragment of the Oldest Judaeo-Arabic Bible Translation Extant."University of Cambridge Oriental Publications (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/Z7WDRW4G
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
Muʿtazila in der arabischen Bibelübersetzung des Bišr b. al-Sirrī Christian Blumenthal, "Muʿtazila in der arabischen Bibelübersetzung des Bišr b. al-Sirrī."Arabica vol. 65 (2018/05/07)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/E2PAWMVY
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
Yefet ben ʿEli on the Identity of the ‘Redeemer’ in His Commentary on the Book of Ruth Fiona Eve Blumfield, "Yefet ben ʿEli on the Identity of the ‘Redeemer’ in His Commentary on the Book of Ruth."Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QFF9I96Z
[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 text of I Corinthians in "Studia sinaitica no. II "; a comparative linguistic, and critical study Robert Henry Boyd, The Arabic text of I Corinthians in "Studia sinaitica no. II "; a comparative linguistic, and critical study (Princeton, 1942)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/EZ4U9F9P
A Neglected Witness to the East Syriac New Testament Commentary Tradition: Sinai, Arabic Ms 151 Sebastian Paul Brock, "A Neglected Witness to the East Syriac New Testament Commentary Tradition: Sinai, Arabic Ms 151." vol. 5 (Leuven: Peeters, 2004)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/K9R8A82F

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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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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.