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Date:  13 Dec 2002
From: Haseeb Shehadeh <Haseeb.Shehadeh at Helsinki.Fi>
Subject:Arabic Translation of Samaritan Pentateuch

Dear Colleagues,

The Arabic translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch, Critical Edition
with Introduction. Volume two: Leviticus—Deuteronomy, 2002, xii + 629
pp. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Haseeb Shehadehís new edition, the first since the incomplete and
inadequate edition published by A. Kuenen a century and a half ago,
presents both versions on facing pages. The old version ascribed to Abu
al-Hasan al-Suri from the 11th cent. and the newer recension of Abu
Sa‘id from the 13th cent., which aimed to expunge the influence of the
Judaeo-Arabic Tafsir of Sa‘adia Gaon (882-942). Though more than 100 MSS
were scrutinized, only 22 MSS are represented in the edition. The old
version is based on MS Nablus no. 6 from 1204 and was collates against 9
other MSS. The basic text for Abu Sa‘id’s recension is MS Paris Arabe 5,
copied before the year 1514, which was collated against 11 other MSS.
The old version came down to us , as a rule, in the Samaritan script
while that of Abu Sa‘id in  Arabic characters.

	Two critical apparatuses accompany the texts, an upper one addressing
emendations of the basic texts and a lower one listing textual variants.
Trilingual prospectus is available.
H. Shehadeh

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