Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources

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Vollandt, Ronny. Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources. Biblia Arabica 2. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2015.

Abstract

A reworked version of the author’s PhD diss., “Christian-Arabic Translations of the Pentateuch from the 9th to 13th Centuries: A Comparative Study of Manuscripts and Translation Techniques” (University of Cambridge, 2011) https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/BRK66D5V. The first part of this study offers a survey on Arabic translations of the Pentateuch (Jewish, Samaritan and Christian, including Muslim citations thereof). The second part is an in-depth study of the translation techniques of Ms. Sinai, Ar. 2.

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Title: Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources

Author: Ronny Vollandt

URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/XI5WC7PI  Link to Biblia Arabica bibliography Bibliographic Record.

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Place of Publication: Leiden, Boston

Publisher: Brill

Date of Publication: 2015

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Title: Biblia Arabica

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Subject Headings

Old Testament  Christian  Jewish  Qaraite  Samaritan  Pentateuch  Coptic  Greek  Hebrew  Syriac 

Cited Manuscripts

Aleppo, Collection Khūkāz, MS: Aleppo, Collection Khūkāz  Beirut, Bibliothèque Orientale, 419  Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Diez quart. 106  Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Or. Oct. 1108  Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Or. Quart. 1082  Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Violet Fragment  Bern, Bürgerbibliothek, Cod. 686  Birmingham, Birmingham University Library, Mingana, Chr. Ar. 4  Birmingham, Birmingham University Library, Mingana, Chr. Ar. 7  Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate, 5-1  Cairo, Coptic Museum, Bibl. 1  Cairo, Coptic Museum, Theol. 193  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 1  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 14  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 15  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 16  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 17  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 18  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 183  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 184  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 19  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 2  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 20  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 21  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 22  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 23  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 24  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 25  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 26  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 27  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 28  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 29  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 3  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 30  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 31  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 32  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 4  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 41  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 48  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 5  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Bibl. 51  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, New 469  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, New 56  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, New 61  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Theol. 3  Cairo, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Theol. 5  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Add. 3289  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Or. 193  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Or. 929  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S Ar. 41.122  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S Ar. 41.129  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S NS 297.258  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S NS 297.259  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S NS 327.128  Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S NS 327.92  Copenhagen, Royal Library, Ar. 75  Dayr Abū Maqār, Bibl. 1, MS: Dayr Abū Maqār, Bibl. 1  Dayr Abū Maqār, Bibl. 3, MS: Dayr Abū Maqār, Bibl. 3  Dayr Abū Maqār, Bibl. 4, MS: Dayr Abū Maqār, Bibl. 4  Diyarbakir, Diyarbakir 22, MS: Diyarbakir, Diyarbakir 22  Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Or. 112 (olim 21)  Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Or. 57 (olim 12)  Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Or. 77 (olim 15)  Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Or. 27  Istanbul, Süleymaniye, Carullah 3  Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Library, 3523  Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Library, 3524  Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Library, Ahmet III 3522  Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Library, Ahmet III 3523  Istanbul, Topkapı Sarayı Library, Ahmet III 3524  Joun, L’Ordre Basilien du Saint-Sauveur, 224  Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, Df. 118  Leiden, University of Leiden Library, Or. 215  Leiden, University of Leiden Library, Or. 236  Leiden, University of Leiden Library, Or. 377  London, British Library, Add. 11855  London, British Library, Add. 14425  London, British Library, Add. 17193  London, British Library, Add. 26116  London, British Library, Harl. 5475  London, British Library, Or. 1240  London, British Library, Or. 422 (Copt. 712)  London, British Library, Or. 4950  London, British Library, Or. 5019  London, British Library, Or. 7562  London, British Library, Or. 8745  London, India Office, Islamic 1280  Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Cod. 4971  Madrid, El-Escurial, Ar. 1857  Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Eth. 6  Moscow, Moscow State Library, 432  Munich, Bavarian State Library, Ar. 233  Munich, Bavarian State Library, Ar. 234  Munich, Bavarian State Library, Ar. 920  Nikosia, Mahmud II Library M377, MS: Nikosia, Mahmud II Library M377  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Arch. Seld. A 66  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Hunt. 186  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Hunt. 33  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Hunt. 424  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Laud. Or. 243 (olim Laud. A 146)  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Laud. Or. 258 (olim Laud. A 147)  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Laud. Or. 272 (olim Laud. A 182)  Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, Or. 461  Oxford, New College Library, 335  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 1  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 12  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 13  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 14  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 15  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 16  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 2  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 4  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 4759  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ar. 6725  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copt. 1  Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Syr. 6  Prague, Jewish Museum, 356  Rome, Bibl. Angelica, Coptic 4  Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, Ar.-Karsh. 2  Saidanaya, 14, MS: Saidanaya, 14  Sharfeh, Ar. 1/1, MS: Sharfeh, Ar. 1/1  Sharfeh, Ar. 1/2, MS: Sharfeh, Ar. 1/2  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 10  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 151  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 154  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 155  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 2  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 3  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 309  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 4  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 436  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 489  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 542  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 580  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 589  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 72  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 74  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. 75  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. NF Parch. 14  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. NF Parch. 15  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. NF Parch. 16  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. NF Parch. 28  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. NF Parch. 54  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. NF Parch. 8  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Ar. Parch. 15  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Greek 34  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Greek 35  Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Greek 36  St. Petersburg, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, D 226  St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, A.N.S. 327  St. Petersburg, National Library of Russia, Evr. II C 1  Stockholm, National Library of Sweden, A777  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ar. 1  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ar. 2  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ar. 465  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ar. 468  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ar. 525  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. Ar. 129  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. Ar. 150  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. Ar. 154  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. Ar. 239  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. Ar. 48  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Copt. 1  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Copt. 2  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Copt. 3  Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Copt. 4  Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 9737S  Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Mxt. 664  Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, N.F. 97  Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Library, Gudianus Graecus, 33 
 

About this Online Entry

Editorial Responsibility:

  • Ronny Vollandt, general editor, Biblia Arabica
  • Ronny Vollandt and Nathan P. Gibson, editors, Biblia Arabica
  • Tarras, entry contributor, “Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources”
  • rvollandt, entry contributor, “Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources”
  • Michael Wechsler, entry contributor, “Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources”
  • Ronny Vollandt, entry contributor, “Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch: A Comparative Study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources”

Additional Credit:

  • Record added to Zotero by Tarras
  • Record edited in Zotero by rvollandt
  • Primary editing by Michael Wechsler
  • Primary editing by Ronny Vollandt

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