A Newly Reconstructed Karaite Work on Hebrew Grammar

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" A Newly Reconstructed Karaite Work on Hebrew Grammar "
N. Vidro

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	182760
Doc. NO	:	LA39149
Call No	:	‭10.1093/jss/fgn046‬
Main Entry	:	N. Vidro
Title & Author	:	A Newly Reconstructed Karaite Work on Hebrew Grammar\ N. Vidro
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Semitic Studies
Date	:	2009
Volume/Isuee Number	:	54/1
Page Number	:	169-178
Abstract	:	Karaite grammatical thought originated in the ninth or even the eighth century CE. It had its roots in Masoretic literature and in the Arabic tradition of grammar. Scholarly study of Karaite grammatical tradition was given new impetus when the second Firkovitch Collection held in the National Library of Russia in St Petersburg and containing the majority of extant Karaite linguistic manuscripts became open to international scholars. Hitherto a number of Karaite grammatical treatises have been edited and the origins, periodization and characteristic features of this tradition studied. Yet further surviving treatises must be reconstructed and grammatical concepts investigated in more detail before a complete account of the Karaite linguistic teachings can be given.This article reconstructs from unpublished manuscripts the Karaite grammatical treatise Kitāb al-ʿuqūd fī taṣārīf al-lugha al-ʿibrāniyya traditionally attributed to Abū al-Faraj Hārūn. The newly reconstructed text shows that Kitāb al-ʿuqūd was not composed by Abu al-Faraj Harun and must presently be considered anonymous. Additionally, it provides evidence that the word ʿuqūd here is a previously unknown technical term meaning ‘derivational relations, rules’ rather than ‘pearl-strings’ as was suggested before.
electronic file name	:	10.1093-jss-fgn046.pdf