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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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Les manuscrits arabes des lettres de Paul. La reprise d'un champ de recherche négligé. Sara Schulthess, Les manuscrits arabes des lettres de Paul. La reprise d'un champ de recherche négligé. (Nijmegen, 2016)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/3SG37CMK
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Die in Cod. Hunt. 206 aufbewahrte arabische Uebersetzung der kleinen Propheten, herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen verdeutscht: II. Joel R. Schröter, "Die in Cod. Hunt. 206 aufbewahrte arabische Uebersetzung der kleinen Propheten, herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen verdeutscht: II. Joel." (Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1871)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/3TBCN5LR
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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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[Review of: Kahle, Die arabischen Bibelübersetzungen] И. Крачковский and Ignatii Krachkovskii, "[Review of: Kahle, Die arabischen Bibelübersetzungen]."Византийский временник vol. 13 (1906)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/4IL9VMG4
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[Review of: Bloch, Die samaritanisch-arabische Pentateuchübersetzung] P. Kahle, "[Review of: Bloch, Die samaritanisch-arabische Pentateuchübersetzung]."Zeitschrift für hebräische Bibliographie vol. 6 (1902)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/4K8CGRYN
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The ‘Polyglot’ Arabic Text of Daniel and its Affinities Henry Snyder Gehman, "The ‘Polyglot’ Arabic Text of Daniel and its Affinities."Journal of Biblical Literature (1925)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/4QCDREID
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The Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Ruth ||פירושו של יפת בן עלי הקראי למגילת רות Sagit Butbul and שגית בוטבול eds., "The Commentary of Yefet ben ʿEli the Karaite on the Book of Ruth ||פירושו של יפת בן עלי הקראי למגילת רות."Sefunot: Studies and Sources on the History of the Jewish Communities in the East || ספונות: מחקרים ומקורות לתולדות קהילות ישראל במזרח N.S. 8 (23) || סדרה חדשה‎, כרך ח (כג‎) (2003 || תשס"ג)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/4WHPBUN3
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الترجمة العربية لتوراة السامريين حقّقها وقدّم لها حسيب شحادة. المجلّد الثاني: سفر اللاويين سفر العدد وسفر تثنية الاشتراع || התרגום הערבי לנוסח התורה של השומרונים. ההדיר לפי כתבי-יד וצירף מבוא: חסיב שחאדה. כרך ב: ויקרא, במדבר, דברים || The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Edited from the Manuscripts with an Introductory Volume by Haseeb Shehadeh. Volume Two: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomyحسيب شحادة, חסיב שחאדה and Haseeb Shehadeh, eds., الترجمة العربية لتوراة السامريين حقّقها وقدّم لها حسيب شحادة. المجلّد الثاني: سفر اللاويين سفر العدد وسفر تثنية الاشتراع || התרגום הערבי לנוסח התורה של השומרונים. ההדיר לפי כתבי-יד וצירף מבוא: חסיב שחאדה. כרך ב: ויקרא, במדבר, דברים || The Arabic Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Edited from the Manuscripts with an Introductory Volume by Haseeb Shehadeh. Volume Two: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy vol. 2 , כתבי האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים, החטיבה למדעי-הרוח || Publications of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Section of Humanities (ירושלים || القدس || Jerusalem: האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים || الاكاديمية الوطنية الاسرائيلية للعلوم والآداب, 2002 || תשס"ב)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/573XKFZM
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[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
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Jefeth b. Ali’s Arabic Commentary on Nāḥūm, with Introduction, Abridged Translation and Notes Hartwig Hirschfeld ed., Jefeth b. Ali’s Arabic Commentary on Nāḥūm, with Introduction, Abridged Translation and Notes, Jews’ College Publication (London: n.p., 1911)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5BXUT3Z3
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הנוסח השומרוני של תרגום רס"ג לתורה || The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Pentateuch תמר צבי and Tamar Zewi, "הנוסח השומרוני של תרגום רס"ג לתורה || The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon's Translation of the Pentateuch."גנזי קדם: שנתון לחקר הגניזה || Ginzei Qedem: Genizah Research Annual vol. 12 (תשע"ו || 2016)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5EGTYHS9
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[Review of: Markon, Isaac D., ed. פתרון שנים עשר: פירוש לתרי עשר חברו דניאל אלקומסי || Commentarius in librum duodecim prophetarum quem composuit Daniel al-Ḳūmissi]. Jerusalem: Mekize Nirdamim, 1957 [in Hebrew]. Z. Ankori ed., "[Review of: Markon, Isaac D., ed. פתרון שנים עשר: פירוש לתרי עשר חברו דניאל אלקומסי || Commentarius in librum duodecim prophetarum quem composuit Daniel al-Ḳūmissi]. Jerusalem: Mekize Nirdamim, 1957 [in Hebrew].."Tarbiz (1960)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5MCGFR9K
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Early Ḳaraite Bible Commentaries Jacob Mann, "Early Ḳaraite Bible Commentaries."The Jewish Quarterly Review, n.a. vol. 12 (1922)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5QCTRCI8
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כתאב ג̇אמע אלאלפאט̇, או אלאגרון, תאליף דוד בן אברהם אלפאסי, אלמערוף באבי סלימאן דאוד בן אבראהים אלפאסי || The Hebrew-Arabic Dictionary of the Bible, known as Kitāb jāmī‘ al-alfāẓ (Agrōn), of David ben Abraham al-Fāsī, the Karaite (Tenth. Cent.) Solomon L. Skoss ed., כתאב ג̇אמע אלאלפאט̇, או אלאגרון, תאליף דוד בן אברהם אלפאסי, אלמערוף באבי סלימאן דאוד בן אבראהים אלפאסי || The Hebrew-Arabic Dictionary of the Bible, known as Kitāb jāmī‘ al-alfāẓ (Agrōn), of David ben Abraham al-Fāsī, the Karaite (Tenth. Cent.), Yale Oriental Series, Researches (New York: n.dn, 1945)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5TQHYL9Q
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[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
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An Early Copy of the Pentateuch and the Book of Daniel in Arabic (MS Sinai—Arabic 2): Preliminary Observations on Codicology, Text Types, and Translation Technique Miriam Lindgren and Ronny Vollandt, "An Early Copy of the Pentateuch and the Book of Daniel in Arabic (MS Sinai—Arabic 2): Preliminary Observations on Codicology, Text Types, and Translation Technique."Intellectual History of the Islamicate World vol. 1 (2013)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/5WIRDWCD
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The Arabic Commentary of Abu Zakariya Yaḥya (Judah ben Samuel) ibn Bal‘am on the Twelve Minor Prophets Samuel Poznański ed., "The Arabic Commentary of Abu Zakariya Yaḥya (Judah ben Samuel) ibn Bal‘am on the Twelve Minor Prophets."The Jewish Quarterly Review vol. 15 (1924)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6BXC2E2N
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Fragments du commentaire de Daniel al-Kumissi sur les Psaumes Arthur Marmorstein, "Fragments du commentaire de Daniel al-Kumissi sur les Psaumes."Journal asiatique vol. 11 (1916)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6C8TWKBT
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Неопубликованные фрагменты арабских версий самаритянского Пятикнижия из собрания Российской национальной библиотеки. 1. часть: введение, примечания к тексту || Fragments inédits des versions arabes du Pentateuque samaritain Арутюн Жамкочян and Haroutun Jamgotchian, Неопубликованные фрагменты арабских версий самаритянского Пятикнижия из собрания Российской национальной библиотеки. 1. часть: введение, примечания к тексту || Fragments inédits des versions arabes du Pentateuque samaritain (Москва: МИФИ, 1996)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6K5URUHE
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Die andalusische Übersetzung des Römerbriefs Daniel Potthast, "Die andalusische Übersetzung des Römerbriefs."Collectanea Christiana Orientalia vol. 8 (2011)URI: https://biblia-arabica.com/bibl/6N7KWKFF

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.