Representation of Arabic and Syriac in the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch

Representation of Arabic and Syriac in the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the PentateuchIntellectual History of the Islamicate WorldSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/GTV3YPWE/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.TamarZewiRepresentation of Arabic and Syriac in the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuchhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/GTV3YPWEhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/GTV3YPWEhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/GTV3YPWEIntellectual History of the Islamicate World8:1202039-51Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (Saˁīd b. Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī, Saadya Gaon, b. Egypt 882—d. Baghdad 942) translated the Pentateuch as well as several other parts of the Bible into Arabic in the first half of the 10th century. The translation, named tafsīr by Saadya himself, was transmitted in two versions, one in Hebrew letters, probably intended for and used by Jewish-Rabbanite communities, and another in Arabic letters, probably intended for and used by other communities. Several manuscripts holding a Saadyan version in Arabic letters were used by Christian communities in the Near East. Some of these manuscripts probably reached the Samaritans, or at least one Samaritan community. The main source consisting of the Samaritan version of Saadya Gaon’s translation of the Pentateuch is MS London BL OR 7562. The article discusses the status of this manuscript among the other Samaritan Arabic translations, its characteristics, and demonstrates the reflections of Arabic and Syriac vocabulary in its Samaritan script. Zewi, Tamar. “Representation of Arabic and Syriac in the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch.” Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 8:1 (2020): 39–51. Tamar Zewi, Representation of Arabic and Syriac in the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 8:1 (2020): 39–51.Arab ChristiansJewish-Christian relationsOld TestamentSaadia GaonSyriac influence [Judaism]VII-XVIII CEexegesis