Table of contents for A handbook of early middle Arabic / Joshua Blau.

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Preface                                                             9
List of abbreviations                                              11
General introduction                                               14
Grammatical outline                                                23
        Synopsis                                                   23
        § 1. Introduction                                          29
        §§2- 27. Orthography and phonetics                         29
        §§28-73. Morphology                                        36
        §§74-153. Syntax                                           44
Texts                                                              57
A. Muslim Texts                                                    57
        Ai. A papyrus from 758 A.D.                                57
        Aii. A papyrus from the end of the 8th century A.D.    60
        Aiii. Selections from Ibn Wahb's collection of
            prophetic traditions Jamic                             61
            1. pp. 11,4- 12,3                                      63
            2. pp. 26, -1 -27, 16                                  64
            3. pp. 65, 13 - 66, 9                                  65
            4. pp. 91,2-4; 96,-1 -98,4                             66
B. Christian texts                                                 68
        Bi. A Psalm fragment in Greek transcription                68
        Bii-iv. Texts written in the Melkite linguafranca      72
            Bii. From a Summa Theologiae from the 9th century A.D.  72
            Biii. From The Book of Demonstration of Butrus the Deacon 85
            Biv. An Arabic translation of Daniel                   95





C. Jewish texts                                                     97
        Ci. From Sa'adya Gaon's Pentateuch translation         98
            1. Genesis xliii 29-xliv 20                            100
            2. Genesis 1 8-26                                      104
        Cii. From Qirqisani's Book of Religious Precepts, pp. 343;
            348-58                                                 106
        Ciii. From The Hebrew-Arabic Dictionary of the Bible Known
            as kitab jamic al- alfaz of David ben Abraham al-Fasi the
            Karaite (10th century)                                 125
            1. Volume ii, pp. 47, 1 - 50, 64                       126
            2. Volume ii, pp. 59, 8 - 63, 38                       131
        Civ-vi. Texts in phonetic Hebrew transcription        136
        iv. Judaeo-Arabic papyri in phonetic Hebrew transcription  138
            1. Ann Arbor P. Mich. Inv. 6710 verso                  139
            2. Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Agyptisches Museum,
                   P. Berol. 10599                                 140
          v. From a translation of Halakhot Pesuqot in phonetic
            Hebrew transcription: The Precepts for the Day of
            Atonement                                              141
          vi. From an anonymous translation of the Proverbs in phonetic
              Hebrew transcription                                 145
            1. Ms. Cambridge T-S Ar 53.8: Proverbs xv 26-xvi 9  147
            2. Ms. Mosseri vi 45: Proverbs xvi 24-xvii 26      149
            3. Ms. Mosseri vi 45: Proverbs xviii 17-xix 10     153
Appendix: Vocalized substandard Middle Arabic texts from the first
        quarter of the 2nd millennium                              155
        A. Passages from a Christian Arabic text in Coptic characters  155
            i. Sobhy, p. 238, 13-32                                158
            ii. Sobhy, pp. 242, 1 - 243, 15                        158
            iii. Sobhy, pp. 248, 24 - 253, -2                      160
        B. A vocalized Judaeo-Arabic letter from the 12th/13th century  167
Glossary                                                           175