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The Hazy Edges of the Biblical Canon: A case Study of the Wisdom of Solomon in Arabic Miriam L. Hjälm, "The Hazy Edges of the Biblical Canon: A case Study of the Wisdom of Solomon in Arabic."Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha (Leiden: Brill, 2017)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QAAA6AIW

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

The Hesychian Influence in the Versions of Daniel Henry Snyder Gehman, "The Hesychian Influence in the Versions of Daniel."Journal of Biblical Literature vol. 3/4 (1929)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/J5HQW738

The Jeremias of Pethion ibn Ayyūb al-Sahhār Richard M Frank, "The Jeremias of Pethion ibn Ayyūb al-Sahhār."Catholic Biblical Quarterly vol. 2 (1959)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/JWN2SAPV

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

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 Karaite Tradition of Hebrew Grammatical Thought in Its Classical Form: A Critical Edition and English Translation of al-Kitāb al-Kāfī fī al-Luġa al-ʿIbrāniyya by ʾAbū al-Faraj Hārūn ibn al-FarajGeoffrey Khan, Maria Ángeles Gallego and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, eds., The Karaite Tradition of Hebrew Grammatical Thought in Its Classical Form: A Critical Edition and English Translation of al-Kitāb al-Kāfī fī al-Luġa al-ʿIbrāniyya by ʾAbū al-Faraj Hārūn ibn al-Faraj, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics (Leiden: Brill, 2003)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/2NYHPUFS

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 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

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

The Major Prophets in Arabic: The Authorship of Pethiōn Revisited in Light of New Findings Miriam Lindgren Hjälm, "The Major Prophets in Arabic: The Authorship of Pethiōn Revisited in Light of New Findings."Biblia Arabica (Leiden: Brill, 2017/09/04)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NTG5H5DG

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

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

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 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 Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Pentateuch. Critical Edition and Study of MS BL OR7562 and Related MSS Tamar Zewi, The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Pentateuch. Critical Edition and Study of MS BL OR7562 and Related MSS, Biblia Arabica (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2015)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/MNR7NU3W

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

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

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

Über die Arabische Übersetzung des Daniel in den Polyglotten Samuel Gottlieb Wald, "Über die Arabische Übersetzung des Daniel in den Polyglotten." vol. 14 (Leipzig: Weidmann, 1794)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/JUJRBSBZ

De versione samaritano-arabica librorum Mosis e duobus codicibus bibliothecae Reipublicae Gallicae, olim regiae, Parisiensis, commentatio A. J. Silvestr[e] de Sacy, "De versione samaritano-arabica librorum Mosis e duobus codicibus bibliothecae Reipublicae Gallicae, olim regiae, Parisiensis, commentatio."Allgemeine Bibliothek der biblischen Litteratur vol. 10 (1800)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/227GUHBP

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

VII. 5. The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch Haseeb Shehadeh, "VII. 5. The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch." (Tübingen, 1989)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/C23BWXUT

On Wisdom, Creation, and Angels: A Karaite Commentary on Proverbs 8 Ilana Sasson, "On Wisdom, Creation, and Angels: A Karaite Commentary on Proverbs 8."Revue des études juives vol. 176 (2017)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QDVBYX74

Yefet ben ‘Ali’s Commentary on the Hebrew Text of the Book of Job I–X Haider Abbas Hussain, Yefet ben ‘Ali’s Commentary on the Hebrew Text of the Book of Job I–X (St. Andrews, 1986)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/YHM5EDFG

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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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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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