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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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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
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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
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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
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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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[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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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] 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
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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
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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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Une feuille arabo-latine de l’épître aux Galates Donatien de Bruyne and Eugène Tisserant, "Une feuille arabo-latine de l’épître aux Galates."Revue Biblique vol. 7 (1910)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/I9VNX4XH

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.