Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Symbols and Abbreviations to the Critical Edition

Introduction

Part 1. The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch

Chapter 1. Early Medieval Arabic Bible Translations

Introductory Remarks

1.1. Early Christian Arabic Bible Translations (8th–10th Centuries)

1.2. Early Jewish Arabic Bible Translations (9th–12th Centuries)

1.3. Early Jewish Arabic Bible Translations: Pre-Saadyan Bible Translations (9th Century?)

1.4. Early Jewish Arabic Bible Translations: Rabbanite and Karaite Translations (10th–12th Centuries)

1.5. Early Samaritan Arabic Translations of the Pentateuch (11th?-13th Centuries)

Chapter 2. Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch

Introduction

2.1. The Transmission of the Tafsīr in Hebrew and Arabic Characters: Important Manuscripts and Print Editions

2.2. Language and Style of Earlier and Later Versions

Chapter 3. The Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch and Its Transmission

Introduction: The Relationship of Other Samaritan Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch to the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation

3.1. A Description of MS London BL OR7562 and Related Manuscripts

3.2. The Transmission of MS London BL OR7562: Transmission Stages and Components

3.3. A Description of Other Samaritan Manuscripts Identified as Related to MS London BL OR7562 or as Mainly Saadyan

Chapter 4. Characteristics of MS London BL OR7562: Script and Orthography

Introduction

4.1. The Samaritan Script Used in MS London BL OR7562

4.2. Was the Saadyan Vorlage of MS London BL OR7562 in Arabic or Hebrew Script?

4.3. Orthography

Chapter 5. Characteristics of MS London BL OR7562: Language

Introduction: The Language of the Early Samaritan Arabic Translation and Its Later Revision, of Saadya’s Tafsīr, and of MS London BL OR7562

5.1. The Language of MS London BL OR7562: Grammatical Description

5.2. Middle Arabic Features as a Result of Neo-Arabic Dialectal Interference

5.3. Is the Language of the Saadyan Component of MS London BL OR7562 Post-Classical, Middle Judeo-Arabic, or Middle Christian Arabic?

5.4. Hebrew Elements and Hebraisms

5.5. Aramaic Elements and Aramaisms

5.6. Islamic Vocabulary

5.7. Unusual Translations

5.8. Proper Nouns

Chapter 6. Characteristics of MS London BL OR7562: Adaptation to the Samaritan Pentateuch

. Introduction: The Samaritan Hebrew Pentateuch and the Masoretic Text

6.1. The Tenth Commandment

6.2. Other Samaritan Additions in MS London BL OR7562

6.3. Other Textual Changes Reflected in MS London BL OR7562

Chapter 7. Christian and Karaite Parallels in MS London BL OR7562 and in the Other Samaritan Arabic Translations of the Pentateuch

. Background: Samaritan–Christian and Samaritan–Karaite Relations

7.1. Parallels to Christian Arabic Bible Translations in MS London BL OR7562

7.2. Parallels to Karaite Arabic Bible Translations in MS London BL OR7562

7.3. Parallels between the Early Christian Arabic Bible translations and the Early Samaritan Arabic Translation and Its Later Revision

Chapter 8. Non-Saadyan Samaritan Arabic Versions in the First Stage of MS London BL OR7562

Background

8.1. Parallels to the Early Samaritan Arabic Translation

8.2. The Later Revision of the Early Samaritan Arabic Translation

8.3. Parallels to Proper Nouns

Chapter 9. Conclusion

Summary

9.1. The Origins of the Samaritan Version of Saadya Gaon’s Translation of the Pentateuch

Chapter 10. Introduction to the Critical Edition

Manuscripts Included in the Critical Edition

10.1. Early and Late Readings

10.2. Other Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Critical Edition

References

Abbreviations

List of Manuscripts

Short References to Primary Sources

Bibliography

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Words

Part 2. Critical Edition of MS London BL OR7562

Contents

MS London BL OR7562

Genesis – ‮בראשית‬‎

Exodus – ‮שמות‬‎

Leviticus – ‮ויקרא‬‎

Numbers – ‮במדבר‬‎

Deuteronomy – ‮דברים‬‎

Appendix A. MSS St. Petersburg RNL Firk. Sam. 179, 178 and MS Manchester JRL Sam. 73

MS St. Petersburg RNL Firk. Sam. 179 (Gen 10:12b–25a)

MS St. Petersburg RNL Firk. Sam. 178 (Deut 28:11b–42a, 29:9–30:1a.) and MS Manchester JRL Sam. 73 (Deut 28:47–29:1)

Appendix B. MS Oxford Bodl. OR139 (Deut 11:2–26:14)

Deuteronomy – ‮דברים‬‎

Appendix C. MS Manchester JRL Sam. 2 (Deut 32–34)

Deuteronomy – ‮דברים‬‎