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For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

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.

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المخطوطات العربية في خزان كليتنا الشرقية || Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of Our College Louis Cheikho and لويس شيخو, "المخطوطات العربية في خزان كليتنا الشرقية || Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of Our College."Al-Machriq vol. 7 (1904)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/MZ9ZDY5U
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מהדורה ונוסחאות מפירושי יפת בן עלי למקרא || Edition and Versions in Yephet b. Ali’s Bible Commentary חגי בן-שמאי and Haggai Ben-Shammai, "מהדורה ונוסחאות מפירושי יפת בן עלי למקרא || Edition and Versions in Yephet b. Ali’s Bible Commentary."Alei Sefer: Studies in Bibliography and in the History of the Printed and the Digital Hebrew Book || עלי ספר: מחקרים בביבליוגרפיה ובתולדות הספר העברי המודפס והדיגיטלי vol. 2 || ב (1976 || תשל"ו)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NCBSYSN3
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The Arabic Commentary of 'Ali ben Suleimān the Karaite on the Book of Genesis Solomon L. Skoss, "The Arabic Commentary of 'Ali ben Suleimān the Karaite on the Book of Genesis."Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 18 (1927-1928)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NEJ7RVTY
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Une ancienne version arabe de l'Epître à Philémon Gérard Troupeau, "Une ancienne version arabe de l'Epître à Philémon."Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph vol. 46 (1970)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NMJ38LKR
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Le versioni arabe dei Profeti Alberto Vaccari, "Le versioni arabe dei Profeti."Biblica vol. 2 (1921)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NTJC2MV9
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[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] Ronny Vollandt, "[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]."Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 61 (2011)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NTYY9B2X
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[Review of: Avishur, Yitzhaq, תרגום קדום לנביאים אחרונים בערבית־יהודית בבלית וסורית כתב־יד בודליאנה (206 .Hunt .Ms) עם מבוא והערות || A Medieval Translation of the Latter Prophets into Iraqi and Syrian Judaeo-Arabic: The Text of Bodleian Manuscript Hunt. 206 with Introduction and Notes, vol. 1: Isaiah and Jeremiah] E. Schlossberg, "[Review of: Avishur, Yitzhaq, תרגום קדום לנביאים אחרונים בערבית־יהודית בבלית וסורית כתב־יד בודליאנה (206 .Hunt .Ms) עם מבוא והערות || A Medieval Translation of the Latter Prophets into Iraqi and Syrian Judaeo-Arabic: The Text of Bodleian Manuscript Hunt. 206 with Introduction and Notes, vol. 1: Isaiah and Jeremiah]."Pe‘amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry || פעמים: רבעון לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח vol. 83 (2000)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/NY3EPQ72
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Studies in Salmon ben Yeruḥam Lawrence Marwick, "Studies in Salmon ben Yeruḥam."The Jewish Quarterly Review, n.s. vol. 34 (1944)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/P8XFQS4M
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The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Eli on Proverbs 31:1–9 Michael Wechsler, "The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Eli on Proverbs 31:1–9."Revue des études juives vol. 161 (2002)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PCDX2XKE
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[Review of: Jamgotchian, The Recently Discovered and Other Unpublished Arabic Fragments of the Samaritan Pentateuch] С. А. Ромашко and S. A. Romaško, "[Review of: Jamgotchian, The Recently Discovered and Other Unpublished Arabic Fragments of the Samaritan Pentateuch]."Социальные и гуманитарные науки. Отечественная и зарубежная литература. Серия 6: Языкознание [2002] (2002)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PLMFLN2Y
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[Review of: Birnbaum, Philip, ed. and trans. The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction. Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learnin g, 1942] M. Sprengling, "[Review of: Birnbaum, Philip, ed. and trans. The Arabic Commentary of Yefet ben ‘Ali the Karaite on the Book of Hosea, Edited from Eight Manuscripts and Provided with a Critical Notes and an Introduction. Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learnin g, 1942]."Journal of Near Eastern Studies vol. 2 (1943)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PQQL5BYA
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On the First Translation of the Gospels into Arabic Baron Hammer Purgstall, "On the First Translation of the Gospels into Arabic."Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 4 (1837)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PRKBWQBN
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ترجمة عربية قديمة من الانجيل الطاهر || An Old Arabic Translation of the Immaculate Gospel يوسف اليان سركيس, "ترجمة عربية قديمة من الانجيل الطاهر || An Old Arabic Translation of the Immaculate Gospel."Al-Machriq vol. 11 (1908)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/PW37BN7E
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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
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[Review of: Margoliouth, David Samuel, ed. and trans. A Commentary on the Book of Daniel by Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite [شرح سفر دانيال …]. Anecdota Oxoniensia; Semitic Series, pt. 3. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889] H. Hirschfeld, "[Review of: Margoliouth, David Samuel, ed. and trans. A Commentary on the Book of Daniel by Jephet ibn Ali the Karaite [شرح سفر دانيال …]. Anecdota Oxoniensia; Semitic Series, pt. 3. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889]."Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft vol. 45 (1891)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QH876XZF
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An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther Michael Wechsler, "An Early Karaite Commentary on the Book of Esther."Hebrew Union College Annual vol. 72 (2002)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QJ8XYPBI
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Les lectionnaires de l’ancienne liturgie de Jérusalem Sebastià Janeras, "Les lectionnaires de l’ancienne liturgie de Jérusalem."Collectanea Christiana Orientalia vol. 2 (2005)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/QMZ8BRMX
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[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
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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
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Le versioni arabe dei Profeti Alberto Vaccari, "Le versioni arabe dei Profeti."Biblica vol. 1 (1920)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/REAEJIWG

Search Tips

For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

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.